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Synonyms for priestly
The synonym for priestly recorded in this bank is hieratic, in the sense "associated with the priesthood or priests". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for priestly
- hieraticadjective, in the sense "associated with the priesthood or priests"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and priestly carries one sense so far.
associated with the priesthood or priests
The priestly robes were kept in a locked cabinet.
The true synonym
hieratic
Same sentence, swapped: The hieratic robes were kept in a locked cabinet.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where priestly stands in the sentence above.
- ministerial
- pastoral
- episcopal
Where priestly turns up in the game
priestly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where priestly is the trap
- pastoraladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is bucolic, in the sense "relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle", and priestly is on the board beside it.
Play priestly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so priestly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Summit, then their alphabetical neighbours.
The same bank, read from both sides
priestly is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.