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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

priestless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
priest-less
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a priest or priests.

Etymology

From Middle English prestles, perhaps a borrowing from Old Norse prestlauss (“priestless”); otherwise equivalent to priest + -less. Compare Danish præsteløs, Swedish prästlös, Norwegian presteløs, Icelandic prestlaus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

priestlessness

Questions

What does priestless mean?
Without a priest or priests.
Where does priestless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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