deaconly

deaconly

English

Etymology

deacon +‎ -ly

Adjective

deaconly (comparative more deaconly, superlative most deaconly)

1. Resembling or befitting a deacon.
   • 1923, George Jean Nathan, ‎Henry Louis Mencken, The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness (volume 72, page 26)

     As one who would not be balked in his determination to spend Sunday in deaconly pursuits, he had set off along the walk.

Anagrams

• decanoyl