the priesthood
noun
: the job of being a priest
He is entering the priesthood.
He decided to leave the priesthood.
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Having come to the priesthood as a refuge from a disreputable, pugilistic past, O’Connor’s Jud holds tightly to his faith in the Catholic institution, even as Josh Brolin’s odious Monsignor Wicks reveals himself to have built a cult of domination and cruelty in his small town.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
This structure is rooted in the fact that only men can hold the priesthood, which in the church is the divine authority to act in God’s name.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In the same way that Wyeth is experiencing his own crisis with respect to his own calling as an artist, Keating is experiencing a crisis with respect to his calling to the priesthood.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
An accident led him to the priesthood, but old habits like cold-cocking assholes still die hard.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
This structure is rooted in the fact that only men can hold the priesthood, which in the church is the divine authority to act in God’s name.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In the same way that Wyeth is experiencing his own crisis with respect to his own calling as an artist, Keating is experiencing a crisis with respect to his calling to the priesthood.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
An accident led him to the priesthood, but old habits like cold-cocking assholes still die hard.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the priesthood
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