Priestley
Dephlogisticated air identifier
Priestley is an English surname, most notably associated with Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), the chemist credited with discovering oxygen, and J.B.
Priestley (1894–1984), the playwright and novelist known for *An Inspector Calls*.
The name occasionally appears as a place reference in compounds.
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- familyRelated people together
descendants · English · Yorkshire · namesake · playwright · novelist
Element eight, colorless gas
- phlogistonHypothetical fire essence
- gasesFormless, expansible substances
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
carbon dioxide · hydrogen · nitrous oxide · discovery · experimentation · laboratory · reactivity · elemental
Delivering moral discourse
- sermonsReligious talks to congregations
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
dissenting · chapel · minister · pastoral · devotion · prayer · morality · redemption
Disagreement with authority
- heterodoxyUnorthodox belief or opinion
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- theismBelief in deity
apologetics · heresy · orthodoxy · sectarian · nonconformist · Calvinist · freethinking · materialism
Violent governmental overthrow
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- exileBanishment from homeland
America · Northumberland · persecution · liberty · rights · progress · French Revolution · sympathy
genealogy
Study of family descent
family · descendants · English · Yorkshire · namesake · playwright · novelist
oxygen
Element eight, colorless gas
- phlogistonHypothetical fire essence
- gasesFormless, expansible substances
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
combustion · carbon dioxide · hydrogen · nitrous oxide · discovery · experimentation · laboratory · reactivity · elemental · properties
preaching
Delivering moral discourse
- sermonsReligious talks to congregations
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
homily · dissenting · chapel · minister · pastoral · devotion · prayer · morality · redemption · faith
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- heterodoxyUnorthodox belief or opinion
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
theism · apologetics · heresy · orthodoxy · sectarian · nonconformist · Calvinist · freethinking · materialism · providence
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
exile · America · Northumberland · persecution · liberty · rights · progress · French Revolution · sympathy · mob
pamphleteer
Writer of political tracts
- polemicistAggressive debate writer
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- historyRecord of past events
grammar · education · treatise · correspondence · prose · narrative · biography · Franklin · political · controversy
- priestly vowsOrdained clergy's binding promises
- Joseph Priestley
- priestly robesClergy's ritual garments
- priestly classOrdained religious leadership group
- priestly dutiesReligious leader's responsibilities
- priestly celibacyReligious leaders forgoing marriage