noun · countable / uncountable · rare

priesthood

priesthood · priesthoods

духовенство, священство, попівство

священство, духовенство, поповство

Priestertum, Priesteramt, Priesterschaft, Priesterwürde

The role or office of a priestThe role or office of a priest.

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/ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/

» Tom left the priesthood a long time ago.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)The role or office of a priest.
Meronym: priestcraft
Priesteramt
свяще́нствоsvjaščénstvo, попо́вствоpopóvstvo
свяще́нствоsvjaščénstvo, попі́вствоpopívstvo
(countable, uncountable)Priests as a group.
Holonym: clergy
Near-synonym: clergy
Priestertum, Priesterschaft
духове́нствоduxovénstvo
духове́нствоduxovénstvo
(countable, uncountable)Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.
Priestertum, Priesterwürde
свяще́нствоsvjaščénstvo

More definitions

the body of ordained religious practitioners

Examples

6 sentences

Tom left the priesthood a long time ago.
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Damiano refused to take the priesthood.
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Torah is greater than the priesthood or the monarchy.
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Sami left the priesthood.
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Damiano never entered the priesthood.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

role or office:

clergy:

Русский

By meaning 2

role or office:

clergy:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

role or office:

clergy:

authority:

Origin

From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (

From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest + -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”).

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