priestly
/ˈpɹiːstli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the appearance of or resembling a priest.
name
A habitational surname from Old English.
adj
Pertaining to the Priestly source (“P”), one of the sources of the Torah or Pentateuch according to the documentary hypothesis.
Example Sentences
- "Thus we continue to meet the new Priestly expression, “you (they) shall know that I am Yahweh” […]"
- "Then, Welch (1939) went the opposite way, asserting that the original layer, written before the end of the exile showed Deuteronomy’s influence and that more Priestly texts were secondary."
- "Noth made the necessary objections to that view and demonstrated that these are additions in the Priestly style which presuppose the bringing together of P and the non-Priestly text in Genesis–Numbers and the combination of Genesis–Joshua."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more priestly (comparative)
priestlier (comparative)
most priestly (superlative)
priestliest (superlative)
Priestlys (plural)