"priesthood" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/ Audio: en-us-priesthood.ogg [US] Forms: priesthoods [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest + -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|presthed}} Middle English presthed, {{m|enm|presthede}} presthede, {{m|enm|presthod}} presthod, {{m|enm|presthode}} presthode, {{inh|en|ang|prēosthād|t=priesthood}} Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), {{suf|en|priest|hood}} priest + -hood, {{cog|nl|priesterheid|t=priesthood}} Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)
  1. The role or office of a priest. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (role or office): ἱερατεία (hierateía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), свяшчэ́нства (svjaščénstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), папо́ўства (papóŭstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), মোল্লাগিরি (mōllagiri) (Bengali), belegiezh [feminine] (Breton), свеще́нство (svešténstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), priesterschap [neuter] (Dutch), pappeus (Finnish), sacerdoce [masculine] (French), prêtrise [feminine] (French), sacerdocio [masculine] (Galician), Priesteramt [neuter] (German), 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (gudjinassus) [masculine] (Gothic), sagartacht [feminine] (Irish), sacerdozio [masculine] (Italian), sacerdōtium [neuter] (Latin), priesterība [feminine] (Latvian), свештенство (sveštenstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), kapłaństwo [neuter] (Polish), sacerdócio [masculine] (Portuguese), свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) [neuter] (Russian), попо́вство (popóvstvo) [neuter] (Russian), sacerdocio [masculine] (Spanish), prästerskap [neuter] (Swedish), అర్చకత్వము (arcakatvamu) (Telugu), свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), попі́вство (popívstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-priesthood-en-noun-Tl3krYDS Disambiguation of 'role or office': 99 1 1
  2. Priests as a group; the clergy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (clergy): ἱεράτευμα (hieráteuma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), духаве́нства (duxavjénstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), духове́нство (duhovénstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), duchovenstvo [neuter] (Czech), priesterschap [feminine] (Dutch), papisto (Finnish), clergé [masculine] (French), Priestertum [neuter] (German), Priesterschaft [feminine] (German), sagairt [masculine, plural] (Irish), an chléir [feminine] (Irish), sacerdozio [masculine] (Italian), duchowieństwo [neuter] (Polish), духове́нство (duxovénstvo) [neuter] (Russian), duchovenstvo [neuter] (Slovak), sacerdocio [masculine] (Spanish), prästerskap [neuter] (Swedish), духове́нство (duxovénstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-priesthood-en-noun-6nWoc79L Disambiguation of Collectives: 4 63 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 92 4 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 15 63 22 Disambiguation of 'clergy': 3 96 1
  3. Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (authority): 聖職 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣职 (shèngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), pappeus (Finnish), sacerdoce [masculine] (French), Priestertum [neuter] (German), Priesterwürde [feminine] (German), imamat (Indonesian), sagartacht [feminine] (Irish), sacerdozio [masculine] (Italian), свештенство (sveštenstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), sacerdócio [masculine] (Portuguese), свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) [neuter] (Russian), svećenstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sveštenstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sacerdocio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-priesthood-en-noun-6vmCCkOA Disambiguation of Religion: 11 26 63 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -hood Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 37 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 34 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 4 36 60 Disambiguation of 'authority': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bought priesthood

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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjaščénstva",
      "sense": "role or office",
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        "neuter"
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      "roman": "papóŭstva",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "role or office",
      "word": "মোল্লাগিরি"
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "belegiezh"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svešténstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свеще́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "priesterschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "word": "pappeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdoce"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prêtrise"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdocio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Priesteramt"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gudjinassus",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hierateía",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἱερατεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sagartacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdozio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdōtium"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "priesterība"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sveštenstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свештенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kapłaństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdócio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščénstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свяще́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "popóvstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "попо́вство"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdocio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prästerskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "arcakatvamu",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "word": "అర్చకత్వము"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščénstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свяще́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "popívstvo",
      "sense": "role or office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "попі́вство"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "duxavjénstva",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духаве́нства"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "duhovénstvo",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duchovenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "priesterschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "word": "papisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clergé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Priestertum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Priesterschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hieráteuma",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἱεράτευμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sagairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "an chléir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdozio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duchowieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duxovénstvo",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duchovenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdocio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prästerskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "duxovénstvo",
      "sense": "clergy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "authority",
      "word": "聖職"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngzhí",
      "sense": "authority",
      "word": "圣职"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "authority",
      "word": "pappeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdoce"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Priestertum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Priesterwürde"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "authority",
      "word": "imamat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sagartacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdozio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sveštenstvo",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свештенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdócio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščénstvo",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свяще́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svećenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "authority",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      ],
      "word": "sveštenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "authority",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacerdocio"
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}

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