How to Use priesthood in a Sentence

priesthood

noun

• What is the influence of the priesthood in today's society?
• To some members of the AI priesthood, that calls for a new approach.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 19 May 2020
• The Tabernacle was built, and, in the Book of Leviticus, the laws of the priesthood and Torah ethics are given.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 24 June 2019
• My life is going to be very rich and full because of the priesthood.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• And what if the Roman Catholic Church were to do away with the all-male, celibate priesthood?
  — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• The church lifted its ban on Black men holding the priesthood in 1978.
  — Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
• Forty-one years of priesthood ... and this has happened?
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2020
• Saint Patrick had a vision, one that led him to study priesthood.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• As a boy, he was enraptured by the church and priesthood.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• These were, after all, the basis of the electrode caps worn by the cult priesthood.
  — David E. Kaplan and Andrew Marshall, WIRED, 1 July 1996
• Malone emphasized the importance of the priesthood to the life of the church.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2022
• His father thought he was cut out for a quiet life in the priesthood.
  — Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2017
• The pastor had none of the religious training of the Catholic priesthood.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to [Christ]!
  — Paul Schemm, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
• In the church’s early days, under founder Joseph Smith, a few Black men were ordained to the priesthood.
  — Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022
• Melchizedek priesthood can be obtained when a man turns 18.
  — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• But Aymond asked the congregation not to judge the church or the priesthood by the actions of a few priests.
  — Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Oct. 2020
• The next year, the church defrocked Father Geoghan and removed him from the priesthood.
  — New York Times, 3 June 2019
• The church celebrates the end of the priesthood/temple ban in a joyous and soulful gala.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• Two priests have the answers on their podcast about priesthood.
  — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 20 June 2022
• Celibacy reveals the very essence of the Christian priesthood.
  — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
• More than 100 of the priests are dead, and many others are retired or have been dismissed from the priesthood or put on leave.
  — Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
• Until 1978, the church had a ban on Black men in its lay priesthood that was rooted in the belief that black skin was a curse.
  — Brady McCombs, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
• For him, the priesthood is about caring deeply for people who are hurting in any kind of way.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
• Brennan resolved to go to heaven, and the priesthood seemed like a sure way of getting there.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• Randy Merrell walks to a priesthood meeting at his church.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
• Forced to choose, McLoughlin left the priesthood in 1948, making headlines across the country.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2020
• This piece asks the question—and explores the answer through the eyes of women who say they’re called to the priesthood, no matter the Church’s doctrine.
  — Fortune, 22 June 2021
• So he was allowed to use his priesthood publicly again.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
• The Italian-language version of the book was released this week and brought to public attention Pope Francis' reaffirmation of male-exclusive priesthood.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024