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Definition of Priestlike
1. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood. "Priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
Definition of Priestlike
1. a. Priestly.
Definition of Priestlike
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a priest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priestlike
Literary usage of Priestlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"It was a priestlike face, priestlike in its pallor, in the wide winged nose, in
the shadowings below the eyes and along the jaws, ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"It was a" priestlike face, priestlike in its pallor, in the wide winged nose, in
the shadowings below the eyes and along the jaws, ..."
3. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (1844)
"He has no priestlike cant or priestlike reviling to apprehend from us. We do not
charge him with being either a disciple or an apostle of Satan; ..."
4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"It was a priestlike face, priestlike in its pallor, in the wide winged nose, in
the shadowings below the eyes and along the jaws, ..."
5. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"It was a" priestlike face, priestlike in its pallor, in the wide winged nose, in
the shadowings below the eyes and along the jaws, ..."
6. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (1844)
"He has no priestlike cant or priestlike reviling to apprehend from us. We do not
charge him with being either a disciple or an apostle of Satan; ..."
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