What is a synonym for "priestship"?

Common synonyms include: call, care of souls, church, holy orders, pastorate, priesthood.

Priestship

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Noun

1
Synonym of priesthood. countable, uncountable

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call care of souls church holy orders pastorate priesthood

Etymology

From priest + -ship. Compare with West Frisian prysterskip, Dutch priesterschap, German Priesterschaft, Swedish prästerskap, Norwegian presteskap. Piecewise doublet of presbytership.

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