the priesthood
noun
: the job of being a priest
He is entering the priesthood.
He decided to leave the priesthood.
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While a review board deemed the victim’s abuse credible, then-Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin intervened, asking the Vatican’s powerful doctrine office to allow Allard to retire without being removed from the priesthood.
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
While a review board deemed the victim's abuse credible, then-Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin intervened, asking the Vatican's powerful doctrine office to allow Allard to retire without being removed from the priesthood.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
But while church law and practice no longer prohibit the ordination of Black men to the priesthood, full equity in church ministry remains elusive.
—Annie Selak, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Still, Prevost wasn’t always certain about the priesthood.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
While a review board deemed the victim's abuse credible, then-Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin intervened, asking the Vatican's powerful doctrine office to allow Allard to retire without being removed from the priesthood.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
But while church law and practice no longer prohibit the ordination of Black men to the priesthood, full equity in church ministry remains elusive.
—Annie Selak, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Still, Prevost wasn’t always certain about the priesthood.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the priesthood
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“The priesthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20priesthood. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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