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Meaning of "priestling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIESTLING

priestling  [ˈpriːstlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIESTLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Priestling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIESTLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of priestling in the English dictionary

The definition of priestling in the dictionary is a small or insignificant priest.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIESTLING


bantling
ˈbæntlɪŋ
beetling
ˈbiːtlɪŋ
catling
ˈkætlɪŋ
eastling
ˈiːstlɪŋ
fatling
ˈfætlɪŋ
fettling
ˈfɛtlɪŋ
firstling
ˈfɜːstlɪŋ
flatling
ˈflætlɪŋ
footling
ˈfuːtlɪŋ
mantling
ˈmæntlɪŋ
mortling
ˈmɔːtlɪŋ
nestling
ˈnɛstlɪŋ
ratling
ˈrætlɪŋ
rattling
ˈrætlɪŋ
scantling
ˈskæntlɪŋ
softling
ˈsɒftlɪŋ
startling
ˈstɑːtlɪŋ
subtitling
ˈsʌbˌtaɪtlɪŋ
whitling
ˈwɪtlɪŋ
witling
ˈwɪtlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIESTLING

prie-dieu
pried
prier
pries
priest
priest-hole
priest-ridden
priest´s hole
priestcraft
priestess
priesthood
Priestley
priestlier
priestliest
priestlike
priestliness
priestly
priestship
prig
prigged

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIESTLING

all-in wrestling
arm wrestling
bratling
bristling
bustling
calling
castling
dismantling
goatling
Graeco-Roman wrestling
Indian wrestling
mud wrestling
rustling
saber-rattling
sabre-rattling
sumo wrestling
throttling
unsettling
whistling
wine-bottling
wrestling

Synonyms and antonyms of priestling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «priestling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIESTLING

Find out the translation of priestling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of priestling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «priestling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

priestling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

curita
570 millions of speakers

English

priestling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरोहित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

priestling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

priestling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

priestling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

priestling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prestolet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Imam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

priestling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

priestling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

priestling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chức vị trong tôn giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

priestling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

याजकमंडळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

priestling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

priestling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

priestling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

priestling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

priestling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

priestling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

priestling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

priestling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

priestling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of priestling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIESTLING»

The term «priestling» is normally little used and occupies the 140.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIESTLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «priestling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «priestling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about priestling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIESTLING»

Discover the use of priestling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to priestling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Missionary: Hope Is Like a Candle Held Against the Night
By word-sigil-action bond, serve-you Priestling. Priestling wordsigil-action bond insufficient to constrain Denizenarothenari. Minimize, you, command obedience to Priestling. // Then the communication ceased. I thought it was interesting that ...
Christopher Todd, 2001
2
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
... when Rome, The Pope-King and the populace of priests Made common cause with their confederate 840 The other priestling who seduced his wife, He, all unaided, wiped out the affront With decent bloodshed and could face his friends,  ...
Robert Browning, Ian Jack, Margaret Smith, 2004
3
Selections from Russian Poetry
Marsh Priestling On a spring-thawed patch, Little Priestling of Marsh Is staying And saying his prayer. His ragged black frock Like a barely seen rock Over tussock And in the tranquility of the reddish light Little devils are out of sight; And the ...
V.I. Postnikov
4
The Government inspector and other Russian plays:
priestling: What a Pandemonium! It starts first thing in the morning; you can't get a word of sense out of anybody. Each day here dawns fair and then clouds over. figgures: That's life, for the likes of us. You can't get rid of a job by not doing it.
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, 1972
5
An apology for the Church of England
The disciples of Christ did not however receive this authority that they might hear the private confessions of the people, and attend to secret whispers, as every * Priestling now does, and in such a manner, that they appear to consider the KEY  ...
Jewel John
6
Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion
Whenever we read that men have obtained forgiveness of sins from Christ, we do not read that they confessed into the ear of some priestling. Apparently, then they could not confess, where there was not a priestling confessor, nor even ...
John Calvin
7
An apology for the Church of England, tr. and illustr. with ...
... is " the interpretation of the Law;" with Eusebius, is " the Word of God," The disciples of Christ did not however receive this authority that they might hear the private confessions of the people, and attend to secret whispers, as every * Priestling ...
John Jewel (bp. of Salisbury.), Stephen Isaacson, 1825
8
Acts of the Saints
Priestling! Madam Priestling!” He trundled forward. Paul got up from the couch. “ Try being a little less offensive, Obadiah.” The old man, who lapsed into a pout, wagged a finger at his nephew. “Et tu, Paulie.” He grinned again, an aging imp.
K.A. Schuster, 2006
9
Shadow's Rise: Return of the Cabal
Return of the Cabal Joseph J. Bailey. He sensed the creature's evil, the stench of its presence, a rotting, infected carcass needing to be cleansed. Retribution would soon come. One waited ahead. It was not the Priestling. It had the taint of the ...
Joseph J. Bailey, 2012
10
An apology for the Church of England
i The disciples of Christ did not however receive this authority that they might hear the private confessions of . the people, and attend to secret whispers, as every * Priestling now does, and in such a manner, that they appear to consider the ...
John Jewel, 1825

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIESTLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term priestling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Who's the boss?
When I was just a priestling growing up in seminary, I figured that if I were good and didn't get my name in the papers too much, one day I'd be ... «U.S. Catholic magazine, Apr 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Priestling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/priestling>. Apr 2024 ».
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