英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/

名詞

priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)

1. The role or office of a priest.

   Synonym: priestship

   Coordinate terms: curateship, curacy, parsonship, parsonhood, rectorship, rectorate, vicarship, vicarage

2. Priests as a group.

   Holonym: clergy

   Near-synonym: clergy

   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 755:

     The priesthood sold the land when it became apparent that its donor had no intention of redeeming it.

3. Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.

派生語

• bought priesthood
• priesthood of all believers

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