deaconly

adj

deaconly

adj

Etymology From deacon + -ly.

1

Resembling or befitting a deacon.

As one who would not be balked in his determination to spend Sunday in deaconly pursuits, he had set off along the walk.1923, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 72, page 26:

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