Meanings
adjective
- rareRelating to priests; priestly.
The matter has ended in the establishment of a priestal republican despotism, under which the protestant religion is proscribed, its exercise forbidden even in private, the protestant schools are broken up, […]
1846, George Barrell Cheever, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc, page 13
Origin
From priest + -al. Piecewise doublet of presbyteral.
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priestal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priestal
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“priestal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priestal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “priestal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priestal.
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