priesthood

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WSJ: You and Powell have come from similar backgrounds, not academic, not from the priesthood of central banking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Comte’s Religion of Humanity had a priesthood of experts and a science-worshipping liturgy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Where Frank veered into a life of teaching, Chris continued his path into the priesthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

If Mendel believed in the priesthood, then he should stick to it; Nägeli believed in the priesthood of science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee