priestliness

English

Etymology

From priestly +‎ -ness.

Noun

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: […]

Related terms

• priest
• priestly

Translations

quality or state of being like a priest

• Irish: sagartúlacht f

Anagrams

• spriteliness