priesthood

基本解释

Mormons regard Christian churches as apostate for lacking revelation and an authoritative priesthood, although they are thought to be positive institutions in other respects.
尽管其他人将基督教会视作正面机构，但在摩门教徒看来，他们只是缺乏启示的叛教者和专断的祭司。
This writer reads the descriptions of the tabernacle given in Exodus,and he reads the descriptions of the priesthood, ; what they're supposed to wear,what they're supposed to do; sacrifices.
这个作者读了《出埃及记》里关于帐篷的描写,他阅读了关于祭司职位的描写，他们该穿什么，该做什么;,怎么献祭。
So the very existence of the second liturgy, the priesthood initiated by Christ, the very existence is used to prove, for this writer,that it's superior to what it supplanted.
所以第二种仪式的存在，基督发起的神职，存在被用来作证据了，对这个作者来说，它就比被它代替的事物优越。

But the next year he decided to return to science and five years later, left the priesthood.
My stepfather was a former priest, one of the early black men ordained to the priesthood in the United States.
我的继父原先是一名牧师，是美国早期参与到,牧师事业中的黑人之一。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
The second half of verse 5 and 6 gives the reward: God is conferring on the Israelites this elevated status ; of royalty, of priesthood; "You'll be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation."
诗5余下的部分和诗6，说明了遵守的奖赏：,上帝将会使犹太人的地位提升,忠诚的，祭司的国家;,“你们要归我作祭司的国度，为圣洁的国家“
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He grew up in Tachira, a devoutly Catholic Andean state, and was destined for the priesthood.
ECONOMIST: Venezuela

Priesthood is the position of being a priest or the period of time during which someone is a priest.
The priesthood is all the members of the Christian clergy, especially in a particular church.