Priesthood

//ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd//

Synonyms for "priesthood" (33 found)

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Related terms

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coordinate

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is a

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related to

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Translations

60 translations across 29 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἱεράτευμα noun (clergy)
  • ἱερατεία noun (role or office)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • духаве́нства noun (clergy)
  • папо́ўства noun (role or office)
  • свяшчэ́нства noun (role or office)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মোল্লাগিরি noun (role or office)

Breton

1 entries
  • belegiezh noun (role or office)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • духове́нство noun (clergy)
  • свеще́нство noun (role or office)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 聖職 /圣职 noun (authority)

Czech

1 entries
  • duchovenstvo noun (clergy)

Dutch

2 entries
  • priesterschap noun (role or office)
  • priesterschap noun (clergy)

Finnish

3 entries
  • papisto noun (clergy)
  • pappeus noun (role or office)
  • pappeus noun (authority)

French

4 entries
  • clergé noun (clergy)
  • prêtrise noun (role or office)
  • sacerdoce noun (role or office)
  • sacerdoce noun (authority)

Galician

1 entries
  • sacerdocio noun (role or office)

German

4 entries
  • Priesteramt noun (role or office)
  • Priesterschaft noun (clergy)
  • Priestertum noun (clergy)
  • Priestertum noun (authority)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 noun (role or office)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ગોરપદું noun (role or office)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • imamat noun (authority)

Irish

4 entries
  • an chléir noun (clergy)
  • sagairt noun (clergy)
  • sagartacht noun (role or office)
  • sagartacht noun (authority)

Italian

3 entries
  • sacerdozio noun (role or office)
  • sacerdozio noun (clergy)
  • sacerdozio noun (authority)

Latin

1 entries
  • sacerdōtium noun (role or office)

Latvian

1 entries
  • priesterība noun (role or office)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • свештенство noun (role or office)
  • свештенство noun (authority)

Polish

2 entries
  • duchowieństwo noun (clergy)
  • kapłaństwo noun (role or office)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • sacerdócio noun (role or office)
  • sacerdócio noun (authority)

Russian

4 entries
  • духове́нство noun (clergy)
  • попо́вство noun (role or office)
  • свяще́нство noun (role or office)
  • свяще́нство noun (authority)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • svećenstvo noun (authority)
  • sveštenstvo noun (authority)

Slovak

1 entries
  • duchovenstvo noun (clergy)

Spanish

3 entries
  • sacerdocio noun (role or office)
  • sacerdocio noun (clergy)
  • sacerdocio noun (authority)

Swedish

2 entries
  • prästerskap noun (role or office)
  • prästerskap noun (clergy)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అర్చకత్వము noun (role or office)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • духове́нство noun (clergy)
  • попі́вство noun (role or office)
  • свяще́нство noun (role or office)

Sample sentences

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What is Aaronic Priesthood?

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Sami left the priesthood.

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Tom entered the priesthood in 2013.

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Torah is greater than the priesthood or the monarchy.

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