PRIESTLY


Meaning of PRIESTLY in English

adjective

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Applications in these sectors have been worked out by a priestly class of computer-wise people.

But money itself is a slippery concept, clouded in priestly mystery.

Friar Laurence sports a fullback tattoo and Hawaiian shirt beneath his priestly robes.

He is assisted in his priestly functions by his sons, Hophni and Phinehas.

However, not all the healing springs and spas were under priestly ownership.

Over the next few weeks, Father Maier was occupied more with the political than with the priestly .

The Sadducees were the priestly caste.

The vast majority of the populace accepted its fate as willed by the gods and interpreted by the priestly hierarchy.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.