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1. (n.) priesthood
the condition or office of a priest.
2. priesthood
priests collectively.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) priesthood
the body of ordained religious practitioners
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) priesthood
the office or character of a priest; the priestly function
2. (noun) priesthood
priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. priesthood
[TMRC; obs.] The select group of system managers responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a batch computer system. On these computers,
a user never had direct access to a computer, but had to submit his/her
data and programs to a priest for execution. Results were returned days or
even weeks later.
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Sense: priests in general
the Anglican priesthood.
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 Afrikaans: priesterskap |
 Arabic: رِجال الكَهْنوت او الأكلي |
 Bulgarian: духовенство |
 Brazilian: sacerdócio |
 Czech: duchovenstvo |
 German: die Priesterschaft |
 Danish: præstegerning |
 Greek: κλήρος, ιερατείο |
 Spanish: clero |
 Estonian: preesterkond |
 Farsi: کشیشی |
 Finnish: pappeus |
 French: clergé |
 Hebrew: כּוֹמֶר |
 Hindi: सामान्य पुरोहित |
 Croatian: svećenički stalež, svećen |
 Hungarian: papság |
 Indonesian: pendeta |
 Icelandic: prestastétt |
 Italian: clero |
 Japanese: 聖職者 |
 Korean: 사제 |
 Lithuanian: dvasininkija |
 Latvian: garīdzniecība |
 Malay: paderi |
 Dutch: geestelijkheid |
 Norwegian: prestestand/-skap |
 Polish: duchowieństwo |
 Persian: کشیشی |
 Pashto: ملايي،كشيشي |
 Portuguese: sacerdócio |
 Romanian: preoţime |
 Russian: духовенство |
 Slovak: duchovenstvo |
 Slovenian: duhovščina |
 Serbian: sveštenstvo |
 Swedish: prästerskap |
 Thai: ความเป็นพระ |
 Turkish: papazlık, rahiplik |
 Taiwanese: (教會的)全部教士 |
 Ukrainian: духівництво |
 Urdu: مذہبي لوگ |
 Vietnamese: chức thầy tu |
 Chinese: （教会的）全部教士 |
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