priesthood

simple past tense and past participle of priestess

present participle of priestess

Absence of priests.

(politics, derogatory) The constellation of technocrats, columnists, pundits, university professors, public intellectuals, business lobbyists and other powerful groups who benefit from the political status quo and use their position to defend and support it.

plural of bought priesthood

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9397).

(derogatory) Any practices of Christianity that place an excessive emphasis on the role of the priest.

plural of priestship

An unorganized group of American domestic terrorists who follow a far-right, white supremacist, and Christian fundamentalist ideology.