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priestley

/pɹˈistli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
priest-ley
IPA
/pɹˈistli/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Priestleys (plural) Presley (alternative) Pressly (alternative)

Derived Forms

Priestleyan

Rhymes With

priestly

Questions

How do you pronounce priestley?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹˈistli/.
What does priestley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does priestley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce priestley

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