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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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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
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
A February 1980 article from the Daily Record, originally sourced by Frank, recounts Whitten’s recent admittance to the Mormon priesthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
The Mayan people were governed by a system in which the priesthood and the nobility shared the power to make and enforce laws that affected all of Mayan society.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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