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Recent Examples of priestly This violence did little to deter upper-caste Hindus—namely Brahmins (the traditional priestly caste), Kshatriyas, (the warrior caste), and Banias (the trading caste)—from becoming BJP supporters. Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2022 As a member of all the priestly colleges, the emperor was effectively the head of Roman religion as well as its chief priest. Mary Beard, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 However, as the services are allowed to utilize rings, prayers and priestly blessings, many are concerned the accommodations have effectively overruled this marital doctrine. Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023 Ireland has a mere 20 seminarians total, and much of Europe is seeing precipitous declines in priestly vocations as well as parish attendance. Tim Busch, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for priestly
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Adjective
  • In the city’s initial ministerial review in 2020, the developer was asked to confirm that the science and research uses would generate up to 3,540 ADT, and that accessory retail and service uses would be non-trip generating and therefore not count against the square footage.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Syrians are also wary of the promises of inclusivity coming from a government led by Mr. al-Shara’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has given government and ministerial positions to its own loyalists.
    Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Stay Here: Twin Farms in Barnard is planted on a 300-acre pastoral estate, and offers 28 cottages and suites (each individually decorated).
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, too, this is the same man who grew up on pastoral Oregon farmland, pushing himself on pre-dawn lifts, who nearly hyperventilated in the shower before one freshman-year playoff game at Crescent Valley.
    Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, episcopal courts also worked to punish clerical figures involved in the upheaval.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But the invasion that Saddam launched in September 1980 had the unintended effect of strengthening Iran’s new clerical regime.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Priestly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestly. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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