How to Use the priesthood in a Sentence

the priesthood

noun

• This spring, nine men were ordained to the priesthood in Milwaukee, the most since 1992.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2024
• The risk in the priesthood, Mr. Welby said, is that people will reject the Gospel of Jesus.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• There have never been such gay vestments for the priesthood.
  — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
• His family’s deep faith inspired his choice to join the priesthood.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
• But for Manson, who was feeling a call to the priesthood at the time, looked at it more with curiosity.
  — Holly Meyer, Fortune, 30 July 2023
• Keenan said those who committed abuse should face jail time and those who were complicit should be removed from the priesthood.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2023
• The church leaders were discussing whether the church should admit gay men to Catholic seminaries in preparation for the priesthood.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 29 May 2024
• Frank was a talented student, and the monks encouraged his interest in the priesthood.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• He was removed from the priesthood in 2002 and eventually ended up in Oregon.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2023
• The movie’s patriarchy is taken to the extreme, but the reality in the church is that a 12-year-old boy with the priesthood has more power to act in God’s name than adult women — just by being male.
  — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Other groups pressing for women’s ordination to the priesthood are also in Rome, even though the pope has taken the subject of women priests off the table.
  — Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Shortly thereafter, the Vatican announced that Casey had resigned as bishop of Galway but remained in the priesthood.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• According to a previous release from the archdiocese, the men received at least seven years of formation for the priesthood.
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 May 2024
• Lk 22:32), that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women to the priesthood, and that all the faithful of the Church must definitively abide by this decision.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• In his Monday statement, Rodi also said Crow will not be able to return to the priesthood, regardless the outcome of the investigation.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2023
• Manriquez, now 70, is the mother of two lesbian daughters who supports female ordination to the priesthood.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• The pope emphasized the church's inability to change doctrine on the subject, but also questioned whether opening the priesthood to women would benefit the clergy.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Vivaldi joined the priesthood to be commissioned to write music, much to chagrin of his jealous rival and church hierarchy.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
• He was removed from the priesthood in 1996, according to the Maryland attorney general’s report.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
• Amorth’s convoluted road to the priesthood included fighting as a partisan in World War II, getting a law degree and working as a journalist.
  — Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
• Ultimately, the judgment of the priesthood superseded her expert viewpoints.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Many other abusers were simply encouraged to leave the priesthood voluntarily.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024