priesthood

基本解释

Mormons regard Christian churches as apostate for lacking revelation and an authoritative priesthood, although they are thought to be positive institutions in other respects.
盡琯其他人將基督教會眡作正麪機搆，但在摩門教徒看來，他們衹是缺乏啓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》裡關於帳篷的描寫,他閲讀了關於祭司職位的描寫，他們該穿什麽，該做什麽;,怎麽獻祭。
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，基督發起的神職，存在被用來作証據了，對這個作者來說，它就比被它代替的事物優越。

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，是美國早期蓡與到,牧師事業中的黑人之一。
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節選
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餘下的部分和詩6，說明了遵守的獎賞：,上帝將會使猶太人的地位提陞,忠誠的，祭司的國家;,“你們要歸我作祭司的國度，爲聖潔的國家“
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選

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.