Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

priesting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: priest-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ordination of a priest.

Uncountable

noun

The office of a priest.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of priest

Example Sentences

"I’m never unmoved by a priesting and I found myself thinking a lot about the power to bind and loose which is bestowed at ordination."
"Methodists remained unimpressed by the tortuous path that its Covenant partner had taken towards allowing women into the episcopate (finally achieved in 2014, twenty years after the first priestings of women and fourteen years after the synodical process began)."
"“My Son,” saith he, “honour God & the King ; but I say, honour God and the bishop as high-priest, bearing the image of God according to his ruling, and of Christ, according to his priesting, and after him honour the king.”"

Etymology

From priest + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: priest

Usage

Inflected Forms

priestings (plural)

Questions

What does priesting mean?: The ordination of a priest.
Where does priesting come from?: From priest + -ing.

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