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- noun Plural form of
priest .
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Examples
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Thus we are all consecrated as priests by baptism, as St. Peter says: Ye are a royal priesthood, a holy nation (1 Peter ii. 9); and in the book of Revelations: and hast made us unto our God (by Thy blood) kings and priests (Rev.v. 10).
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If you are as concerned about child abuse in the Catholic Church as you claim to be, you would support removing homosexual priests from the Church.
Another anti-Pope diatribe from Dawkins « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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A class of priests is as antithetical to democracy as an aristocracy.
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Cover-up of paedophile priests is not a crime against humanity and is not subject to universal jurisdiction.
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Our being priests is simply a new way of being united to Christ.
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HANSEN: Given that sexual abuse by priests is a major issue in these times - one that the Pope has had to address - is there any reason to believe the timing of Mother Mary Mackillop's canonization isn't a coincidence?
Australia's New Saint Also Dealt With Sex Abuse Scandal 2010
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Bishop James Cowan of the diocese of British Columbia told his synod at the Mar. 6-7 meeting that Conservative Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was “insulting” in the way he refused to allow eleven priests from the Anglican Church of the province of Myanmar to visit last fall when the diocese was celebrating its 150th anniversary.
The Anglican Church of Canada has been insulted! « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Religious activity - at that time closely aligned with scientific activity - included a congress among astronomer-priests from the varying cultural groups to correlate their calendars.
Busting ghosts at Xochicalco, Morelos: A UNESCO World Heritage Site 2009
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One of the priests is saying: "What a great recruitment poster!"
Readers insist on equal treatment for 'offensive' cartoons Andy Alexander 2010
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I'd bet, if he made up his mind, that he could walk barefoot across red-hot stones, like those Kanaka priests from the South Seas.
Chapter 12 2010
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