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priesthood |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Priesthood \Priest"hood\, n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: priesthood n : the body of ordained religious practitioners From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: priesthood n. obs. [TMRC] The select group of system managers responsible for the operation and maintenance of a batch operated computer system. On these computers, a user never had direct access to a computer, but had to submit his/her data and programs to a priest for execution. Results were returned days or even weeks later See {acolyte}.
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