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What does priesthood mean?

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Noun
  1. The role or office of a priest
  2. Priests as a group; the clergy
  3. Authority to act in the name of God.
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This was done by the priests, and the church is a part of the antitypical priesthood.
In Africa it is sacred to the priesthood or acolytes, in America it has become generalized.
I do think that sacral aura of science, and its priesthood of scientists, has faded as the ultimate authority in our lives.
At the same time Dan had begun receiving instructions in preparation to receive the Mormon version of the Aaronic priesthood.
The most characteristic part of the Siamese social system is the position of the priesthood, commonly called the talapoins.
It is up to the bishops to make the decision about laicizing a priest, that is to say kicking him out of the priesthood.

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