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Priestliness

Priestliness \Priest"li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being priestly.
--R. Browning.

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priestliness

n. The state or quality of being like a priest.

Usage examples of "priestliness".

His unwearying devotion gained the admiration of all, no matter how little inclined one might be to view priestliness generally with favor.

Of the priestliness I have encountered, I can not determine whether the worse belonged to the Church of England or a certain body of Dissenters.