| 词汇 | priesthood |
| 释义 | the priesthood noun[ S ] uk /ˈpriːst.hʊd/ us /ˈpriːst.hʊd/ the position of being a priest: 牧师的职位（或身份） He left the priesthood to get married.他放弃牧师的职位，结了婚。 Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon clerically confessor curacy curate messiah minister ministry muezzin mullah priestess priestly primate rabbi rabbinical the Dalai Lama priesthood | American Dictionarypriesthood noun[ U ] us/ˈpristˌhʊd/ the position of being a priest: He entered the priesthood after three years of study. Examples of the priesthoodthe priesthood It was only the wealthiest families that could afford the expense of educating a son for the priesthood. Sometimes pagan priesthoods were for life, with an annual annuity paid, or a payment on entry into office. His priesthood put him in an awkward position. But such positions were nevertheless in reality honorary since holders of such priesthoods were expected to make large contributions from their own wealth. As patrons, the nuns invested the capital, and named students of theology preparing for the priesthood, preferably relatives of the founders, as chaplains. This libertarian vision represents pluralism as a disavowal of secular priesthoods and coercive oversight, and leaves moral communities largely to their own resources. Other causes pi'es were less restrictive, but the rule was always dowries for women and the priesthood for men. They had a married priesthood, though no written books. The doctrine of the priesthood of all believers was carried to the nth degree, while its adventist theology added an urgency to the work. Formerly, the ordained priesthood had been allimportant, while, under the new vision, each baptized person was to participate in the priesthood of the whole. It occupies, with strangely close analogy, the position of the priesthood of former times. Europeans, as ' foreign missionaries ', could apply for ordination into priesthood. With regard to celibacy, occupations seem to make little difference, with the obvious exception that male celibacy was heavily dominated by the priesthood. His was a priesthood of all believers. It is hardly surprising that some laypeople exploited this situation and probed the boundaries which separated them from the priesthood in ways that were displeasing to the ecclesiastical hierarchy. See all examples of the priesthood These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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