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priesthood

[preest-hood]

noun

  1. the condition or office of a priest.

  2. priests collectively.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • antipriesthood adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of priesthood1

before 900; Middle English presthed ( e ), presthod ( e ), Old English ŧDzٳ. See priest, -hood
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Attitudes began changing in the 1970s and 80s, the time when a young Pablo David and many other senior church figures today were studying to enter the priesthood.

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Nor has he been stripped of his priesthood, although he has been prevented from holding any formal position in the Boston Diocese.

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However, the Fatherland and Archangel author thinks it is strange that women are excluded from the Catholic priesthood and the election for a new Pope.

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"All I see is a man that has let me and many victims down," says the woman who adds that the Church failed to explain to her how Tudor had returned to the priesthood.

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We revealed Lord Carey had agreed to Tudor's return to priesthood after being suspended in 1989, and had also agreed to have Tudor's name removed from the list of clergy that had faced disciplinary action.

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