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priesthood

/ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/

priesthood noun: the role or office of a priest.

priesthood: A young person wearing clerical attire outdoors
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Noun

priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)

  1. The role or office of a priest.
    • Meronym: priestcraft
    Synonyms:
    priestship
  2. Priests as a group.
    • Holonym: clergy
    • Near-synonym: clergy
    Synonyms:
    clergy
  3. Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.

priesthood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

priesthood in Hindi

पुरोहितता, पुरोहितत्व

priesthood in Tamil

சமயகுருநிலை, பெளரோகித்தியம், குருத்துவம்

priesthood in Marathi

पौरोहित्य, पुरोहितत्व

priesthood in Urdu

پجاریت, پجاری پن, پجارییت
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priesthood in Bengali
মোল্লাগিরি mōllagiri
priesthood in Telugu
అర్చకత్వము arcakatvamu
priesthood in Malayalam
പൌരോഹിത്യം, പുരോഹിതത്വം
priesthood in Kannada
ಪೌರೋಹಿತ್ಯ, ಅರ್ಚಕತ್ವ
priesthood in Gujarati
ગોરપદું gorapdũ
priesthood in Odia
ପୁରୋହିତତ୍ୱ, ପୁରୋହିତତା, ପୁରୋହିତତ୍ବ
priesthood in Nepali
पौरोहित्य, पुरोहितत्व
priesthood in Indonesian
imamat

Examples of priesthood in a sentence

  • Tibet is a society ruled the priesthood.
  • The priesthood sold the land when it became apparent that its donor had no intention of redeeming it.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 755:

All 16 example sentences with priesthood

Synonyms of priesthood

Forms of priesthood

pluralpriesthoods

Plural of priesthood: priesthoods

Origin of priesthood

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

Words formed from priesthood

Phrases with priesthood

Questions about priesthood

What does priesthood mean?
Priesthood means the role or office of a priest.
What is priesthood in Hindi?
Priesthood in Hindi is पुरोहितता, पुरोहितत्व. See Priesthood meaning in Hindi.
How do you use priesthood in a sentence?
Tibet is a society ruled the priesthood.
What part of speech is priesthood?
Priesthood is a noun.
How do you pronounce priesthood?
Priesthood is pronounced /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/.
What is the plural of priesthood?
The plural of priesthood is priesthoods.

Words near priesthood in the dictionary

  1. priestesslike
  2. priestessly
  3. Priestfield
  4. priesthead
  5. Priesthill
  6. priesthood
  7. priesthood of all believers
  8. priesthoods
  9. priesthoods of all believers
  10. priestianity
  11. priesting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: priesthood (page history and authors); priesthood (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); priesthood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); priesthood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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