the priesthood
noun
: the job of being a priest
He is entering the priesthood.
He decided to leave the priesthood.
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Catholic women have long complained of second-class status in an institution that reserves the priesthood for men.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Garcia was ordained to the priesthood in 2020 as an associate pastor at St. Rose of Lima in Murfreesboro until his assignment to St. Philip in July 2022.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Named for the late Father Charlie Strobel, a Nashville native who devoted his life in the priesthood to community service, Strobel House was unveiled in July.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Strassburger is forty, and Brownsville is his first assignment in the priesthood.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Garcia was ordained to the priesthood in 2020 as an associate pastor at St. Rose of Lima in Murfreesboro until his assignment to St. Philip in July 2022.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Named for the late Father Charlie Strobel, a Nashville native who devoted his life in the priesthood to community service, Strobel House was unveiled in July.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Strassburger is forty, and Brownsville is his first assignment in the priesthood.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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“The priesthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20priesthood. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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