priesthood

English

Etymology

From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest +‎ -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/

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Noun

priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)

1. The role or office of a priest.
2. Priests as a group; the clergy.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 755:

     The priesthood sold the land when it became apparent that its donor had no intention of redeeming it.

3. Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.

Derived terms

• bought priesthood
• priesthood of all believers

Translations

role or office

Belarusian: свяшчэ́нства n (svjaščénstva), папо́ўства n (papóŭstva) Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (bn) (mōllagiri) Breton: belegiezh (br) f Bulgarian: свеще́нство n (svešténstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: priesterschap (nl) n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: pappeus (fi) French: sacerdoce (fr) m, prêtrise (fr) f Galician: sacerdocio m German: Priesteramt n Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 m (gudjinassus) Greek: Ancient: ἱερατεία f (hierateía) Irish: sagartacht f Italian: sacerdozio (it) m Latin: sacerdōtium n Latvian: priesterība f Macedonian: свештенство n (sveštenstvo) Polish: kapłaństwo (pl) n Portuguese: sacerdócio (pt) m Russian: свяще́нство (ru) n (svjaščénstvo), попо́вство (ru) n (popóvstvo) Spanish: sacerdocio (es) m Swedish: prästerskap (sv) n Telugu: అర్చకత్వము (te) (arcakatvamu) Ukrainian: свяще́нство n (svjaščénstvo), попі́вство n (popívstvo)

clergy

Belarusian: духаве́нства n (duxavjénstva) Bulgarian: духове́нство n (duhovénstvo) Czech: duchovenstvo (cs) n Dutch: priesterschap (nl) f Finnish: papisto (fi) French: clergé (fr) m German: Priestertum n, Priesterschaft (de) f Greek: Ancient: ἱεράτευμα n (hieráteuma) Irish: sagairt m pl, an chléir f Italian: sacerdozio (it) m Polish: duchowieństwo (pl) n Russian: духове́нство (ru) n (duxovénstvo) Slovak: duchovenstvo n Spanish: sacerdocio (es) m Swedish: prästerskap (sv) n Ukrainian: духове́нство n (duxovénstvo)

authority

Chinese: Mandarin: 聖職／圣职 (zh) (shèngzhí) Finnish: pappeus (fi) French: sacerdoce (fr) m German: Priestertum n, Priesterwürde f Indonesian: imamat Irish: sagartacht f Italian: sacerdozio (it) m Macedonian: свештенство n (sveštenstvo) Portuguese: sacerdócio (pt) m Russian: свяще́нство (ru) n (svjaščénstvo) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: svećenstvo n, sveštenstvo (sh) n Spanish: sacerdocio (es) m

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