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# priestly

adjective

«priestly» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In 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.

### Meaning

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

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «priestly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/priestly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«priestly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/priestly.html) on Mova free.