priesthood

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• /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/
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From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest + -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: свяшчэ́нства (svjaščénstva) — role or office
• Belarusian: папо́ўства (papówstva) — role or office
• Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (mōllagiri) — role or office
• Breton: belegiezh — role or office
• Bulgarian: свеще́нство (svešténstvo) — role or office
• Chinese Mandarin: 神職 /神职 (shénzhí) — role or office
• Dutch: priesterschap — role or office
• Finnish: pappeus — role or office
• French: sacerdoce — role or office
• French: prêtrise — role or office
• Galician: sacerdocio — role or office
• German: Priesteramt — role or office
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (gudjinassus) — role or office
• Ancient Greek: ἱερατεία (hierateía) — role or office
• Gujarati: ગોરપદું (gorapdũ) — role or office
• Irish: sagartacht — role or office
• Italian: sacerdozio — role or office
• Latin: sacerdōtium — role or office
• Latvian: priesterība — role or office
• Macedonian: свештенство (sveštenstvo) — role or office
• Polish: kapłaństwo — role or office
• Portuguese: sacerdócio — role or office
• Russian: свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) — role or office
• Russian: попо́вство (popóvstvo) — role or office
• Spanish: sacerdocio — role or office
• Swedish: prästerskap — role or office
• Telugu: అర్చకత్వము (arcakatvamu) — role or office
• Ukrainian: свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) — role or office
• Ukrainian: попі́вство (popívstvo) — role or office
• Belarusian: духаве́нства (duxavjénstva) — clergy
• Bulgarian: духове́нство (duhovénstvo) — clergy
• Chinese Mandarin: 神職人員 /神职人员 (shénzhí rényuán) — clergy
• Czech: duchovenstvo — clergy
• Dutch: priesterschap — clergy
• Finnish: papisto — clergy
• French: clergé — clergy
• German: Priestertum — clergy
• German: Priesterschaft — clergy
• Ancient Greek: ἱεράτευμα (hieráteuma) — clergy
• Irish: sagairt — clergy
• Irish: an chléir — clergy
• Italian: sacerdozio — clergy
• Polish: duchowieństwo — clergy
• Russian: духове́нство (duxovénstvo) — clergy
• Slovak: duchovenstvo — clergy
• Spanish: sacerdocio — clergy
• Swedish: prästerskap — clergy
• Ukrainian: духове́нство (duxovénstvo) — clergy
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖職 /圣职 (shèngzhí) — authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 神權 /神权 (shénquán) — authority
• Finnish: pappeus — authority
• French: sacerdoce — authority
• German: Priestertum — authority
• German: Priesterwürde — authority
• Indonesian: imamat — authority
• Irish: sagartacht — authority
• Italian: sacerdozio — authority
• Macedonian: свештенство (sveštenstvo) — authority
• Polish: kapłaństwo — authority
• Portuguese: sacerdócio — authority
• Russian: свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) — authority
• Serbo-Croatian: svećenstvo — authority
• Serbo-Croatian: sveštenstvo — authority
• Spanish: sacerdocio — authority