Unpriestly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not priestly.

    "In order to ask oneself whether effective priestly service is at hand, one must look to see whether an unpriestly or antipriestly service is being performed, even among many conventional priestly activities."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not priestly; unbefitting a priest wordnet

Example

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"In order to ask oneself whether effective priestly service is at hand, one must look to see whether an unpriestly or antipriestly service is being performed, even among many conventional priestly activities."

Etymology

From un- + priestly.

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