Priesthood

n.	1.	The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.
	2.	Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

Noun

1.

priesthood - the body of ordained religious practitioners

Sacred College, apostleship, call, care of souls, clergy, clerical order, clericalism, clericals, episcopalianism, holy orders, ministry, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, prelacy, presbytery, priestery, priestism, priestship, rabbinate, sacerdotalism, sacred calling, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, ultramontanism, vocation

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