priestliness
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English
Etymology
Noun
priestliness (uncountable)
- 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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quality or state of being like a priest
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