priestly

[US]/'priːstlɪ/
[UK]/'pristli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. relacionado a um sacerdote ou característico de um sacerdote

Phrases & Collocations

priestly duties

deveres sacerdotais

priestly robes

vestes sacerdotais

priestly blessing

benção sacerdotal

priestly celibacy

celibato sacerdotal

priestly authority

autoridade sacerdotal

Example Sentences

The priestly caste does not normally intermarry with the warrior caste.

A casta sacerdotal normalmente não se casa com a casta guerreira.

when his priestly vocation no longer satisfied him he had asked to be laicized.

quando sua vocação sacerdotal não o satisfazia mais, havia pedido ser laicizado.

Real-world Examples

Priestly criticizes her assistant for her lack of imagination.

O sacerdote critica sua assistente por sua falta de imaginação.

Source: 【CHDLJ】

The faithful covered their heads with white prayer shawls as they recited the priestly blessing on the wall.

Os fiéis cobriam suas cabeças com xales de oração brancos enquanto recitavam a bênção sacerdotal na parede.

Source: AP Listening November 2014 Collection

Below the  priestly class came the farmers and the laborers.

Abaixo da classe sacerdotal estavam os agricultores e os trabalhadores.

Source: Charming history

This appears to be the origin of monarchial and priestly power, and the dawn of civilization.

Isto parece ser a origem do poder monárquico e sacerdotal, e o alvorecer da civilização.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 1)

The priestly congregation hands over to the police everyone who is worth anything amongst you individually; and good society applauds.

A congregação sacerdotal entrega à polícia todos que valem alguma coisa entre vocês individualmente; e a boa sociedade aplaude.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

Lembre-se deles, meu Deus, porque eles profanaram o cargo sacerdotal e a aliança do sacerdócio e dos levitas.

Source: 16 Nehemiah Musical Bible Theater Version - NIV

She screwed up her face, trying to remember if her father had ever talked about Thoros. " He isn't very priestly, is he" ?

Ela fez uma careta, tentando se lembrar se seu pai já havia falado sobre Thoros. "Ele não é muito sacerdotal, não é?"

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.

É por isso que as artes matemáticas foram fundadas no Egito; pois lá a casta sacerdotal era autorizada a ficar em ócio.

Source: Metaphysics by Aristotle

The priestly congregation had resolved to ruin him; his journal had been condemned, and he had been deprived of his printer's diploma.

A congregação sacerdotal havia decidido arruiná-lo; seu jornal havia sido condenado e ele havia sido privado de seu diploma de impressor.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.

Quando o campo for libertado no Jubileu, ele se tornará sagrado, como um campo dedicado ao Senhor; ele se tornará propriedade sacerdotal.

Source: 03 Leviticus Soundtrack Bible Theater Version - NIV

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