| Priestly (a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. Thesaurus Entries abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular, capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, ministerial, missionary, pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, rabbinic, sacerdotal, ultramontane |