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- antipriesthood adjective
Etymology
Origin of priesthood
before 900; Middle English presthed ( e ), presthod ( e ), Old English prēosthād. See priest, -hood
Example Sentences
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And then as I say in the book, I came home and turned on the TV and saw a documentary about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and monastic life and the priesthood.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
WSJ: You and Powell have come from similar backgrounds, not academic, not from the priesthood of central banking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
We also asked whether the current archbishop could do anything to help victims seeking to remove a priest from the priesthood.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
They passed on their control and privileges to their children, creating a hereditary priesthood: counselors to kings, if not kings themselves.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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