English Explanatory Dictionary

Priestley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States.

Word forms

Priestley Priestleys Presley Pressly

Etymology

Habitational surname from aby of various minor places in North Yorkshire, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood clearing, meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to priest + -ley (“lea”).

Derived words

Priestleyan
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