priesthood – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
priesthood
n.
office of a priest, position of a clergyman
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Priest
A
priest or
priestess (feminine) (from
Greek πρεσβύτερος
presbýteros through
Latin presbyter, "elder", or from Old High
German priast,
prest, from Vulgar
Latin "prevost" "one put over others", from Latin
praepositus "person placed in charge"), is a person authorized to perform the
sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer
religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the
priesthood, a term which also may apply to such persons collectively.
priesthood
Noun
1. the body of ordained religious practitioners
(hypernym) profession, community
(hyponym) ministry
Priesthood
(n.)
The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.
(n.)
Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
priesthood
Synonyms and related words:
Sacred College, apostleship, call, care of souls, clergy, clerical order, clericalism, clericals, episcopalianism, holy orders, ministry, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, prelacy, presbytery, priestery, priestism, priestship, rabbinate, sacerdotalism, sacred calling, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, ultramontanism, vocation
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
