priesthood

Example Sentences

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He studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin and was ordained to serve in the archdiocese in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times

“Anything traditionally considered ‘male’ in the church has come to be attached exclusively to the priesthood.”

From New York Times

At Widow Jane, she has challenged the idea that distilling is a sort of priesthood, inaccessible to the uninitiated.

From New York Times

She was proud of her mother Mina, who gave up office work to train as a teacher and later joined the priesthood, becoming the Church of England's first black female archdeacon.

From BBC

George subsequently changed course, writing in 2007 to the Parole Commission of Wisconsin — just before Maday’s scheduled release — that he had formally removed Maday from the priesthood and was severing all ties with him.

From Seattle Times