priesthood

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And then as I say in the book, I came home and turned on the TV and saw a documentary about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and monastic life and the priesthood.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 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

Comte’s Religion of Humanity had a priesthood of experts and a science-worshipping liturgy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Typically, it’s an arcane and extremely nerdy process that occurs once a decade, after the census, and mainly draws attention from a small priesthood of line-drawing experts and political obsessives.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

But the Church fathers who initiated rituals that reflect a shared priesthood of laity and clergy should not be surprised by the independence of modern Catholics.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez