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Example sentences for: priestly

How can you use “priestly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Brahmins, the priestly caste, fill many of the top posts in the universities and administration; many Indian Army officers can trace their ancestry to the proud Kshatriya warrior caste; business is dominated by the merchant or Vaishya caste; and Shudras till the land.
Early events surrounding the Indo-Aryans can be deduced from the later writings of the Rig-Veda (priestly hymns), Puranas (ancient tales of kings and gods), and the epic poems of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
' Moreover, some of the older students addressed by the priest in the movie are past childhood, though in priestly parlance anyone, even a nonagenarian, may be called a child.
Male Lead: Father Christopher, a priest wearing something priestly.
Green writes: [Lexicographers] have retained their priestly role, especially in America, and especially in the world of what America terms college and Britain concise dictionaries,... [p. 359]