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Recent Examples of priesthood Years passed and Bergoglio indeed opted for priesthood. Claudia Rebaza, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025 Born in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio first joined the Catholic priesthood in 1969. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025 Overall, wrote Kate McElwee for the National Catholic Register in 2023, the cause of female priesthood did not advance far under Francis’ leadership. Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025 Lives lived: Theodore E. McCarrick, a high-ranking cardinal who was accused of abuse and was stripped of his priesthood by Pope Francis, died at 94. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for priesthood
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Noun
  • A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Republican purists wanted a simple, technical training school that kept the costs low and, more importantly, kept the officer corps from evolving into an aristocracy.
    Ryan Shaw / Made by History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2025
  • One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
    Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • In just 30 games, averaged 12.9 points and 4.9 rebounds on 36% shooting from 3-point range, all marks that were personal bests.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • Both sums are weekly bests for Lake, who co-authored each song on the LP.
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
  • Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) wear masks of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US elect Donald Trump with a red cross of it, during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Still, with the rise of populist and ultra-conservative politicians utilizing nationalistic rhetoric, theocracy is becoming a greater concern for secular societies.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
  • In my opinion, AI is the foundation of modern society, and its applications are expanding across a wide range of industries.
    Carmen Skipworth, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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“Priesthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priesthood. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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