Priestliness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being like a priest. uncountable
"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: […]"
Example
More examples"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: […]"
Etymology
From priestly + -ness.
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