"priestly" meaning in English

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      "form": "more priestly",
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    },
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      "form": "priestlier",
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        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "most priestly",
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      "form": "priestliest",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "high-priestly"
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        "Of or relating to priests."
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          "priest",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "roman": "svešteničeski",
          "sense": "of or relating to priests",
          "word": "свещенически"
        },
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          "sense": "of or relating to priests",
          "word": "жречески"
        },
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          "sense": "of or relating to priests",
          "word": "priesterlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or relating to priests",
          "word": "sagartúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "of or relating to priests",
          "word": "sacerdotālis"
        }
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        "Having the appearance of or resembling a priest."
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːstli/"
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      "rhymes": "-iːstli"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hieratic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sacerdotal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "priestly"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more priestly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "priestlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most priestly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "priestliest",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Of or relating to priests."
      ],
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        "Having the appearance of or resembling a priest."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːstli/"
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    {
      "word": "hieratic"
    },
    {
      "word": "sacerdotal"
    }
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svešteničeski",
      "sense": "of or relating to priests",
      "word": "свещенически"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žrečeski",
      "sense": "of or relating to priests",
      "word": "жречески"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to priests",
      "word": "priesterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to priests",
      "word": "sagartúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or relating to priests",
      "word": "sacerdotālis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "priestly"
}