CLERKSHIP Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

clerkship

noun

as in priesthood

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Recent Examples of clerkship The Supreme Court turned her down for a clerkship. — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026 The attorney general’s prior legal experience includes a clerkship for a federal appeals court judge and a brief stint in private practice. — Garrett Shanley Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026 The Legal Accountability Project, which seeks to bring more transparency into the clerkship process, filed a formal complaint last year against a different federal judge, Sarah Merriam of the Second Circuit Appeals Court. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026 Then came a clerkship on the 10th Circuit and a job at a big law firm in Seattle. — Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
The ability to analyze, explain, forecast, and build no longer belongs exclusively to a technical priesthood.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of priesthood

Noun

Monks join the monastery at six to nine years of age and according to tradition many families will send one son into the monkhood.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026
The gig becomes a lonely endeavor, however, when the pandemic hits and he’s confined to a depopulated campus, sent unwillingly into a kind of monkhood.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026

Definition of monkhood

Noun

The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.

— Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025

Definition of episcopate

Noun

The lanky 26-year-old ascended the Astros’ pitching hierarchy as a starting pitcher but has blossomed into a swingman in Houston’s bullpen during his first full major-league season.

— The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026
And there shouldn’t be such an obvious and geographically rigged hierarchy.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of hierarchy

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