priestly

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The priestly classes were not ‘special’.The Dalits were outside the caste system.

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Quick take

associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"

adjective

befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for priestly.

adjective

associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"

See also: hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal

adjective

befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"

Example sentences

The priestly classes were not ‘special’.The Dalits were outside the caste system.

I don't think we should mourn for the era when tech required priestly dedication.

They found that women in the home preferred the Devanagari script, as did the priestly class.

That is, use OO to support your conception, instead of a priestly template to mold yourself into.

Programmers ARE everyday people, not a priestly caste who can be distinguished from birth.

Imagine a world in which most of the important ideas are in printed form, and only a priestly elite can read or write.

I imagine priestly castes often have the same kind of reaction to hard science which exposes the lies of their particular brand of theology.

By "division of laborers" i mean if a person is born in a non priestly caste they will be denied education and its impossible to change caste.

All you are advocating for is a new priestly class.> Everyone starts out life on the same footing, with zero experience, and has the innate potential to learn how to live it.

The only way to use this algorithm to portray the mathematical prowess of native Ethiopian culture in some positive way is to argue that the Shamans purposefully used this algorithm to obfuscate the process and maintain the life style and privileges of the priestly class.