priesthood

Example Sentences

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By Friday, tens of thousands of people of all ages, including several from the priesthood, braved the heat to participate in the occasion.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

WSJ: You and Powell have come from similar backgrounds, not academic, not from the priesthood of central banking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

A February 1980 article from the Daily Record, originally sourced by Frank, recounts Whitten’s recent admittance to the Mormon priesthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

They took care to engage the temple priesthood, which was essentially a system of religious corporations with their own pecuniary interests.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro