prestly
Middle English
/ˈpreːstliː/, /ˈprɛstliː/
adj
Definitions
- priestly, priestlike
- appropriate for a priest
- pertaining to priests
Etymology
Affix from Middle English prest (priest, ready, alert, eager).
Origin
Middle English
prest
Gloss
priest, ready, alert, eager
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonpriestly English
- priest English
- priestliness English
- priestly English
- unpriestly English
- prēost, preost Old English
- parissh prest Middle English
- prest Middle English
- presthode Middle English
- prest Old French