priestlike
Resembling holy clergy
Priestlike describes qualities or behaviors resembling those of a priest—solemnity, ritual formality, or spiritual authority.
Someone with a priestlike manner carries themselves with grave dignity.
A priestlike devotion to one's work suggests sacred dedication.
The term can be admiring or gently mocking, depending on context.
Ceremonial religious garment
- altarSacred ritual table
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
parish · rector · vicar · chaplain · ordination · curate · deacon · cassock
Feeling profound respect
- prayerfulGiven to worship
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- devotionalRelating to worship
fervent · meditative · contemplative · observant · penitent · ascetic · monastic · cloistered
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- divineOf or from gods
- blessedReceiving divine favor
sacramental · ritualistic · ceremonial · incense · relics · tabernacle · chalice · sanctuary
Composed and respectable
- solemnSerious and dignified
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- graveSerious and worrying
measured · authoritative · benevolent · wise · gentle · robed · tonsured · bearded
Of countryside or clergy care
- homileticRelating to preaching
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonicResembling religious discourse
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
counseling · blessing · anointing · baptizing · absolving · confessing · interceding · consecrating
vestment
Ceremonial religious garment
- altarSacred ritual table
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
diocese · parish · rector · vicar · chaplain · ordination · curate · deacon · cassock · collar
reverent
Feeling profound respect
- prayerfulGiven to worship
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
devotional · fervent · meditative · contemplative · observant · penitent · ascetic · monastic · cloistered · humble
holy
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- divineOf or from gods
blessed · sacramental · ritualistic · ceremonial · incense · relics · tabernacle · chalice · sanctuary · transcendent
dignified
Composed and respectable
grave · measured · authoritative · benevolent · wise · gentle · robed · tonsured · bearded · austere
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- homileticRelating to preaching
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonicResembling religious discourse
shepherding · counseling · blessing · anointing · baptizing · absolving · confessing · interceding · consecrating · officiating
priestlikeprofane
Irreverent toward the sacred
secular · worldly · irreligious · ungodly · unholy
priestlikeirreverent
Disrespectful toward authority
blasphemous · sacrilegious · profane · impious · flippant
priestlikesinful
Violating moral law
debauched · dissolute · licentious · hedonistic · corrupt
priest, priests, priesthood, priestly, priestess, hieratic, high priest, priestcraft