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Priestley

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from aby of various minor places in North Yorkshire, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood clearing, meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to priest + -ley (“lea”).

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