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# priestly

«priestly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having to do with priests, or like a priest** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Having to do with priests, or like a priest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/priestly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh it describes things belonging to the kohanim, the descendants of Aaron who served at the altar. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that Israel is called "a kingdom of priests," so everyone is asked to live a holy life.

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «priestly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/priestly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.