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priesthood meaning in Malayalam

പൌരോഹിത്യം

/ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/

priesthood in Malayalam: പൌരോഹിത്യം, പുരോഹിതത്വം. In English, priesthood means the role or office of a priest.

Malayalam words for priesthood

പൌരോഹിത്യം, പുരോഹിതത്വം

English meaning of priesthood

  1. noun The role or office of a priest.
  2. noun Priests as a group.
  3. noun Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.

Full definition of priesthood

priesthood in a sentence

  • Meronym: priestcraft
  • Near-synonym: clergy
  • Tibet is a society ruled the priesthood.

Synonyms of priesthood

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Questions about priesthood in Malayalam

What is the meaning of priesthood in Malayalam?
Priesthood in Malayalam is പൌരോഹിത്യം, പുരോഹിതത്വം.
priesthood എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Priesthood: പൌരോഹിത്യം, പുരോഹിതത്വം.
What does priesthood mean in English?
Priesthood means the role or office of a priest.

Source and license

Malayalam words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “priesthood”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: priesthood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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