Priesthood Synonyms

prēstho͝od
The clergy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clergy
  2. holy orders
  3. monasticism
  4. sacerdotalism
  5. ultramontanism

Words Related to Priesthood

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Priesthood Sentence Examples

  • I was sure he was making a mistake about the priesthood and I thought I was proving it.

  • Is he going back to the priesthood?

  • The older records utilized by the Deuteronomic and later compilers indicate some common tradition which has found expression in these varying forms. Different religious standpoints are represented in the biblical writings, and it is now important to observe that the prophecies of Hosea unmistakably show another attitude to the Israelite priesthood.

  • Another of the intimates of Rufinus was John, bishop of Jerusalem, and formerly a Nitrian monk, by whom he was ordained to the priesthood in 39 0.

  • Each diocese has its seminary for the education of the priesthood, that of Arequipa being distinguished for its influence in church affairs.

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