Synonyms for priesthood
ˈprist hʊdpriest·hood

Princeton's WordNet

1. priesthoodnoun

   the body of ordained religious practitioners

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1. • Profession

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1. List of paraphrases for "priesthood":

   clergy, parish

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1. Sam Brower:

   The son, who's about 17, is begging his dad, 'Don't take me. Don't take me back. I have to stay in because they're going to make me a priesthood holder,' 'And if I'm a priesthood holder, I'll be lifted up.'.

2. Pearl Buck:

   Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach.

3. Robert J. Kibbee:

   Over the years, we have come to identify quality in a college not by whom it serves but by how many students it excludes. Let us not be a sacred priesthood protecting the temple, but rather the fulfillers of dreams.

4. Iris Murdoch:

   The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.

5. Dawna Ray Langford:

   What sets us apart from the fundamentalist groups is that we dont claim priesthood authority and prophets and apostles outside of the Mormon Church, we mainly believe the Mormon church is out of order and thats why were excommunicated.