antipriestly

English

antipriestly (comparative more antipriestly, superlative most antipriestly)

Going against what is normal or expected for a priest.
- 1984, Hugo Echegaray, The Practice of Jesus, page 51:
  The Pharisees were mostly laymen; to some extent they were antipriestly. The group was under the direction of nonpriestly scribes.
- 2015, Jon Sobrino, Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross:
  In order to ask oneself whether effective priestly service is at hand, one must look to see whether an unpriestly or antipriestly service is being performed, even among many conventional priestly activities.