Priesthood

Noun

 * 1) The role or office of a priest
 * 2) Priests as a group; the clergy
 * 3) Authority to act in the name of God.

Adjectives for Priesthood
royal; idolatrous ; self-constituted.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From presthed:, presthede:, presthod: presthode:, from  prēosthād:.

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: prästerskap


 * Finnish:
 * German: Priestertum


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: prästerskap


 * Chinese: 圣职
 * Finnish:
 * German: Priestertum


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * : свештенство
 * : svećenstvo, sveštenstvo