priestliness

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Etymology[edit]

From priestly +‎ -ness.

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priestliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being like a priest.
    • 1868, Robert Browning, “V. Count Guido Franceschini.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 103–104, lines 723–727:
      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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