Smart, Fables, i

One of those conceited prigs who value nature only as it feeds and exhibits them. Emerson, Clubs. A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions. George Eliot, Middle march, xi. 2. A coxcomb; a dandy. [Now prov. Eng.] A cane is part of the dre of a prig , and always worn upon a button, for fear he should be thought to have an occasion for it. Stecle , Tatler, No. 77. prig3 (prig), v. t.; pret. and pp. prigged , ppr. prigging . [Cf. prick in like sense.] To dre up; adorn; prink. Compare prick , 9. He's no more use than yer prigged -up creepers [vines]. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 4. [Prov. Eng.] priestlike (prēstʻlik), a . [ priest + like .] Resembling a priest, or that which belongs to priests; sacerdotal. A priestlike habit of crimson and purple. B. Jonson , Masque of Beauty. The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores. priestline (prēst'li-nes), n. being priestly; the appearance Keats , Last Sonnet. The quality of and manner of a priest. priestly (prēst'li), a . [ prestly (=D. priest erlijk = MLG. prēsterlik , prēstlik = OHG. près tarlīh , MHG. priesterlich , G. priesterlich = Icel. prestligr = Sw. prester lig = Dan. præstelig ; priest +-ly1.] 1. Of or pertaining to a priest or priests; sacerdotal: as, the priestly office. The priestly brotherhood, devout, sincere. Cowper , Expostulation, 1. 438. With that fine piece of priestly needle-work she H. James , Jr. , Pa . Pilgrim, p. 297. priest: as, priestly sobriety and 2. Befitting a purity of life. (b) In the early Christian church , a bishop. (c) A member of an order in the Mormon Church ranking among the higher orders. See Mormon2. - Ma ing priestt. See ma 1.-Parish, penitentiary, etc., priest. See the adjectives.-Penitential priest. Same as penitentiary , 1 and 2.- Poor Priests, an order of itinerant preaching clergy, founded by John Wyclif. They preached in dif looked like some pious lay-member of a sisterhood. ferent parts of England, in most places without ecclesiastical authority. They wore blue or ru et gowns, went barefoot, and were dependent on the hospitality of their hearers for food and lodging. According to some authorities, laymen also were admitted among these preachers. The order was suppre ed in 1381 or 1382, not long after its foundation. It had, however, succeeded in di eminating Wycliffite teachings widely throughout England. Also Poor Preachers, Simple Priests . Priest's bonnet, in fort . See bonnet à prêtre , under bonnet . - Seminary priest. See seminary. - The priest, the celebrant of the eucharist, as distinguished from his (deacon, subdeacon, etc.). = Syn. Clergyman , a istants minister . priest (prēst), v. [ priest , n.] I. trans. To ordain to the priesthood; make a priest of..