| 词汇 | priesthood |
| 释义 | priesthoodWord family nounpriestcraftpriestesspriesthoodpriestlinesspriestlingpriestshippriestadjectivepriestly Religion priest·hood /ˈpriːsthʊd/ noun 1 the priesthood RRif someone is in the priesthood, they are a Christian priest 〔基督教〕牧师[神父]的职位[工作] He is celebrating 30 years in the priesthood. 他在庆祝自己从事神职工作30年。 There has been a decline in the number of people joining the priesthood. 投身为神职人员的人数减少了。 Examples from the Corpus the priesthood• He began his religious training for the priesthood. 2 [countableC usually singular, uncountableU]RR all the priests of a particular religion or country 〔某一宗教或国家的〕全体神职人员 an attempt to reduce the influence of the priesthood in the country 削弱国内神职人员影响力的努力 Examples from the Corpus priesthood• the Babylonian priesthood• His illegitimate son Cesare had difficulty in being accepted for the priesthood until granted dispensation.• Also during the summer months, one of the Diocesan students for the priesthood came to Lartington on placement.• He would know that smell anywhere, having lived off that particular soup during his early years in the priesthood.• Biscop Baducing was born into a noble family, then was ordained into the priesthood at the age of twenty-five.• I decided that my mission was to convince Dennis to leave the priesthood.• I believe women ought to be ordained to the priesthood.• As a young man, with the priesthood still a distant dream, Hughes had gone ahead of his people.• While Bourdieu's self-deprecatory claims to priesthood and orthodoxy turn out to be a cover for a very avant-garde sociology of culture. |
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