Other Word Forms
- 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
Comte’s Religion of Humanity had a priesthood of experts and a science-worshipping liturgy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
Typically, it’s an arcane and extremely nerdy process that occurs once a decade, after the census, and mainly draws attention from a small priesthood of line-drawing experts and political obsessives.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
In Mormonism, the priesthood is God’s power to act on earth—to advise, to counsel, to heal the sick, and to cast out demons.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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