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priestliness

noun

Etymology

From priestly + -ness.

  1. inherited from prestly
  2. suffixed as priestliness — “priestly + ness”

Definitions

  1. The 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: […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA