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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