priesthood
Example Sentences
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David’s eventual decision to leave the priesthood for Margaret is painful and momentous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
By Friday, tens of thousands of people of all ages, including several from the priesthood, braved the heat to participate in the occasion.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
And then as I say in the book, I came home and turned on the TV and saw a documentary about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and monastic life and the priesthood.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
Where Frank veered into a life of teaching, Chris continued his path into the priesthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
The Mayan people were governed by a system in which the priesthood and the nobility shared the power to make and enforce laws that affected all of Mayan society.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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