priesthood
Ordained religious body
Priesthood is the office or status of being a priest, or priests collectively as a group: He entered the priesthood at twenty-five, the Catholic priesthood.
The term can extend to any elite body claiming special authority or access to sacred knowledge: the priesthood of academic economics.
In some traditions, priesthood refers to specific levels or powers of religious authority.
Clergy appointment ceremony
- clericOrdained religious leader
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
deacon · vicar · rector · chaplain · curate · preacher · parson · canon
Strongly felt purpose
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
dedication · service · mission · commitment · sacrifice · discernment · seminary · novitiate
Sacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- theologyStudy of the divine
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
piety · grace · prayer · meditation · soul · blessing · redemption · providence
Formal worship structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- altarSacred ritual table
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
benediction · procession · genuflection · chalice · paten · censer · lectionary · chants
Of countryside or clergy care
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
missionary · catechism · discipleship · parishioner · congregation · flock · counseling · sacraments
Pope's office and authority
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
- episcopateBishops as a body
- episcopacyChurch rule by bishops
- pastorateClergy member's office
prelature · presbytery · vicarage · chaplaincy · curacy · archbishopric · deanship · cardinalate
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
bishop · deacon · vicar · rector · chaplain · curate · preacher · parson · canon · monsignor
calling
Strongly felt purpose
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
consecration · dedication · service · mission · commitment · sacrifice · discernment · seminary · novitiate · formation
divinity
Sacred nature or nougat-like sweet
holiness · piety · grace · prayer · meditation · soul · blessing · redemption · providence · reverence
liturgy
Formal worship structure
sacrament · benediction · procession · genuflection · chalice · paten · censer · lectionary · chants · hymns
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
evangelism · missionary · catechism · discipleship · parishioner · congregation · flock · counseling · sacraments · baptism
papacy
Pope's office and authority
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
- episcopateBishops as a body
- episcopacyChurch rule by bishops
pastorate · prelature · presbytery · vicarage · chaplaincy · curacy · archbishopric · deanship · cardinalate · abbacy
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Biblical Ritualsburnt offerings, altar offering, drink offering, thank offering, temple worship
- religious lifereligious vows, religious sisters, religious habit, novitiate, motherhouse
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
priesthoodlaity
Non-ordained church members
laypeople · congregation · parishioners · flock · churchgoers
priesthoodlaity
Non-ordained church members
commoners · masses · common people · multitude · herd
- Catholic priesthoodOrdained ministry in Rome's church
- high priesthoodHighest clerical rank