as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
majestically robed in priestly garments
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Recent Examples of priestly
That religious significance helps explain the presence of so many priestly and temple-related inscriptions among the fragments.
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Ryan Brennan
april 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Lopez’s thoughts turned to those who may have strayed from the faith, the priestly role in bringing them back and the importance of Christmas in perhaps sparking that return.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
Full priestly duties June through October, combined with driving up and down the mountain, had been a stretch.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Brennan
april 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Lopez’s thoughts turned to those who may have strayed from the faith, the priestly role in bringing them back and the importance of Christmas in perhaps sparking that return.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
Full priestly duties June through October, combined with driving up and down the mountain, had been a stretch.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestly
Adjective
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The ministerial list was announced by his new prime minister, economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo.—
Jenny Vaughan,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Others, like German chief of defense General Carsten Breuer, said that China is losing a chance at dialogue by not having a ministerial-level delegation.—
Lim Hui Jie,Joanna Ossinger,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Visitors might arrive by crossing the central plaza; emerging from the underground parking garage, nestled into a berm; or else wandering in from the surrounding Jackson Park, a network of pastoral paths completed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1871.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
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In retrospect, this traumatic event gave us a luminous, decades-long solo career that moved seamlessly from oblique art-rock to sumptuous electronica, pastoral instrumentals, and soundtrack music.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Some clerical tasks certainly disappeared or changed.—
Christopher Marquis,
Time,
30 May 2026
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Its clerical rulers, who put down a mass uprising at the start of the year, have faced no sign of organized opposition since the war began.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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“Priestly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestly. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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