Meanings
nounpriestliness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality or state of being like a priest.
My lords have chosen the happier part with Paul / And neither marry nor burn,—yet priestliness / Can find a parallel to the marriage-bond / In its own blessed special ordinance / Whereof indeed was marriage made the type: […]
1868, Robert Browning, “V. Count Guido Franceschini.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 103–104, lines 723–727
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Irish sagartúlacht
- sagartúlachtquality or state of being like a priest
Polish kapłaństwo
- kapłaństwoquality or state of being like a priest
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priestliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priestliness
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“priestliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priestliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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