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nonpriestly

  • a word derived from priestly.
    priestly
    adjective
    of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal.

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That ultimately disastrous marriage brings her into the orbit of the novel’s central villain, Wilfwulf’s brother Wynstan, a thoroughly corrupt bishop obsessed with power, wealth and distinctly nonpriestly pleasures.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2020

Yet so many nonpriestly Jews have assumed the name Cohen that rabbinical experts would face a legal nightmare in trying to trace authentic genealogies.

From Time Magazine Archive