priest·ly /ˈpriːstli/adjectiveadj [usually before noun]
RRlike a priest, or relating to a priest (像)神职人员[牧师,神父]的
priestly robes
牧师袍
Examples from the Corpus
priestly• Over the next few weeks, Father Maier was occupied more with the political than with the priestly.• The Sadducees were the priestlycaste.• Applications in these sectors have been worked out by a priestly class of computer-wise people.• He is assisted in his priestly functions by his sons, Hophni and Phinehas.• The vastmajority of the populace accepted its fate as willed by the gods and interpreted by the priestlyhierarchy.• But money itself is a slipperyconcept, clouded in priestlymystery.• However, not all the healing springs and spas were under priestlyownership.• Friar Laurence sports a fullbacktattoo and Hawaiian shirt beneath his priestlyrobes.