Definition of Priesthood. Meaning of Priesthood. Synonyms of Priesthood

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Definition of Priesthood

Priesthood
Priesthood Priest"hood, n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

Meaning of Priesthood from wikipedia

- propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the "priesthood", a term which also may apply to such persons collectively. A priest may...
- The patriarchal priesthood (or Abrahamic priesthood) is ****ociated with the patriarchal order found in Mormonism and is especially connected with celestial...
- Levitical priesthood may refer to: Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints), an order of priesthood in Latter Day Saint movement churches Kohen, the priestly...
- The priesthood of Melchizedek is a role in Abrahamic religions, modelled on Melchizedek, combining the dual position of king and priest. Melchizedek is...
- The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically...
- the Melchizedek priesthood ( /mɛlˈkɪzɪdɛk/), also referred to as the high priesthood of the holy order of God or the Holy Priesthood, after the Order...
- The priesthood of all believers is either the general Christian belief that all Christians form a common priesthood, or, alternatively, the specific Protestant...
- The Phineas Priesthood, also called Phineas Priests, are American domestic terrorists who adhere to the ideology which was set forth in the 1990 book Vigilantes...
- cursed Cain and his descendants not to have the priesthood until all of Abel's descendants had the priesthood. The spirits of Black people understood this...
- church. A group of priesthood holders is referred to as a quorum. Priesthood denotes elements of both power and authority. The priesthood includes the power...