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priesthood

DEFINITIONS OF: priesthood

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n the body of ordained religious practitioners

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ministry
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
rabbinate
rabbis collectively
clergy
in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
pastorate
pastors collectively
prelacy, prelature
prelates collectively
cardinalate
cardinals collectively
Type of:
profession
the body of people in a learned occupation
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