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Priestlike

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Priest´like`
a.1.Priestly.
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Adj.1.priestlike - befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
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To one side are those who hold Bach in high esteem, elevating him to a kind of patron saint for church musicians, attributing to him a near priestlike gift for dispensing sacred music at its best, romanticizing his life by dwelling on the anecdotes that showed genius in the face of great odds (such as copying music by moonlight) and by exaggerating his European superiority.
Bach and his secular cantatas: a case study by Bangert, Mark P. / Currents in Theology and Mission
In the arbors were placed the musicians, who represented the shades of the old poets, and were attired in a priestlike habit of crimson and purple, with laurel garlands.
Labyrinth dances in the French and English Renaissance by Greene, Thomas M. / Renaissance Quarterly
Also priestlike was Guinness's deflection of attention from himself.
AS CLEAR AS GLASS : Sir Alec Guinness by Burris, Keith / Commonweal
 
 
 
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