英 [ˈpriːsthʊd] 美 [ˈpriːsthʊd]
n. 祭司职；神职；僧职
复数priesthoods
priesthood /ˈpriːstˌhʊd/
不可数名词 Priesthood is the position of being a priest or the period of time during which someone is a priest. 教士身份
...the early rites of priesthood.
…早期的教士任职仪式。
单数型名词 The priesthood is all the members of the Christian clergy, especially in a particular church. (基督教的) 全体教士
Should the General Synod vote women into the priesthood?
英国教会应该选妇女作教士吗？
the body of ordained religious practitioners
祭司
priestly 祭司的；僧侣的；似教士的
priestlike 僧侣的；似教士的；祭司的
priest 使成为神职人员；任命…为祭司
They seemed "a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal".
他们似乎是“一个祭司，尽管他们的功德参差不齐，但他们的举止却很一致；他们从来没有涉及任何个人的事情”。
My stepfather was a former priest, one of the early black men ordained to the priesthood in the United States.
我的继父曾是一名牧师，是美国早期被任命为牧师的黑人之一。
It's talking about Christ's priesthood as the new priesthood.
基督的祭司是新的祭司。
But the next year he decided to return to science and five years later, left the priesthood.
VOA : standard.2010.04.05
My stepfather was a former priest, one of the early black men ordained to the priesthood in the United States.
我的继父原先是一名牧师，是美国早期参与到,牧师事业中的黑人之一。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
The second half of verse 5 and 6 gives the reward: God is conferring on the Israelites this elevated status ; of royalty, of priesthood; "You'll be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation."
诗5余下的部分和诗6，说明了遵守的奖赏：,上帝将会使犹太人的地位提升,忠诚的，祭司的国家;,“你们要归我作祭司的国度，为圣洁的国家“
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
After being reunited with his family in Britain, he had a divine calling to the priesthood.
Further attempts to restrain Fr Boff led to him leaving the priesthood in 1992.
Born in Brooklyn and raised mostly in Bensonhurst, Chief Esposito considered entering the priesthood.