Hypertext Webster Gateway: "priesthood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Priesthood \Priest"hood\, n.
1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly
function. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart
for sacred offices; the order of priests.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
priesthood
n : the body of ordained religious practitioners
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