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priestly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of priestly

of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy

majestically robed in priestly garments

Synonyms of priestly

clerical, clerkly, ministerial, pastoral, sacerdotal

Words Related to priestly

evangelical (also evangelic), missionary

apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical

churchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical

divine, holy, religious, sacramental

conventual, mendicant, monachal, monastic

caliphal, rabbinic (or rabbinical)

Antonyms of priestly

lay, nonclerical, secular, temporal

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