Although the Babylonian king continued to make rich offerings to Marduk, his greater devotion to Sin was unacceptable to the Babylonian priestly elite.

She speculates that they were killed or expelled by the Persians and replaced by more pro-Persian members of the Babylonian priestly elite.

In the great halls were places where Nezahualcoyotl and his wife received visitors and where the scholarly and priestly elite congregated.

Upon that bier, covered by a network of scarlet silk cords, lay a body clad in robes very like those of the priestly elite at Saint Kyriell's.

Then he selected a priestly elite who was taught theology and named them the Pilleati.

The primary activities of this priestly elite are the study and teaching of the Veda and the performance of religious celebrations.

Though Eliot was born in St. Louis in 1888, his ancestors were from the priestly elite of Boston.

These often poorly educated magic-users were more like showmen than the traditional Egyptian wizards, who were a highly educated and respected priestly elite.

While the evidence is sketchy, many scholars believe that a priestly elite governed the Indus people.

Monochromatic vestments are worn to demonstrate membership in a priestly elite.