noun. The character, office, or vocation of a priest.

noun. The clergy.

noun. The office or character of a priest.

noun. The order of men set apart for sacred offices; priests collectively.

noun. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

noun. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

noun. The role or office of a priest

noun. Priests as a group; the clergy

noun. Authority to act in the name of God.

noun. the body of ordained religious practitioners

"A must-read paper produced by Human Life International Research Director Brian Clowes has closed the book on the question of whether homosexuality in the priesthood is a root cause of the clerical sexual abuse crisis."

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