priesthood

基本解釋

Mormons regard Christian churches as apostate for lacking revelation and an authoritative priesthood, although they are thought to be positive institutions in other respects.
盡管其他人將基督教會視作正面機構，但在摩門教徒看來，他們只是缺乏啟示的叛教者和專斷的祭司。
This writer reads the descriptions of the tabernacle given in Exodus,and he reads the descriptions of the priesthood, ; what they're supposed to wear,what they're supposed to do; sacrifices.
這個作者讀了《出埃及記》里關于帳篷的描寫,他閱讀了關于祭司職位的描寫，他們該穿什么，該做什么;,怎么獻祭。
So the very existence of the second liturgy, the priesthood initiated by Christ, the very existence is used to prove, for this writer,that it's superior to what it supplanted.
所以第二種儀式的存在，基督發(fā)起的神職，存在被用來作證據了，對這個作者來說，它就比被它代替的事物優(yōu)越。

But the next year he decided to return to science and five years later, left the priesthood.
My stepfather was a former priest, one of the early black men ordained to the priesthood in the United States.
我的繼父原先是一名牧師，是美國早期參與到,牧師事業(yè)中的黑人之一。
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節(jié)選
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."
詩5余下的部分和詩6，說明了遵守的獎賞：,上帝將會使猶太人的地位提升,忠誠的，祭司的國家;,“你們要歸我作祭司的國度，為圣潔的國家“
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選

He grew up in Tachira, a devoutly Catholic Andean state, and was destined for the priesthood.
ECONOMIST: Venezuela

Priesthood is the position of being a priest or the period of time during which someone is a priest.
The priesthood is all the members of the Christian clergy, especially in a particular church.