priesthood

rahipler, ruhban sınıfı

Bir dine bağlı rahiplerin tümü, bir topluluk olarak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: All the priests of a religion, considered as a group.

• He joined the priesthood as a young man.
• The priesthood held considerable political power.
• Women were excluded from that religion’s priesthood.

Nasıl kullanılır: enter/join the priesthood (He decided to enter the priesthood at twenty.)

Eş anlamlılar: clergy

Zıt anlamlılar: laity

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: enter the priesthood, Catholic priesthood, join the priesthood