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collectively | priestdom |

As an adverb collectively

is in a collection; in a collective manner; together as a whole; bunched together; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.

As a noun priestdom is

political rule or sweeping social control exercised by a class of priests; a ruling class of priests.

collectively

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Adverb

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  • In a collection; in a collective manner; together as a whole; bunched together; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.

    • priestdom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Political rule or sweeping social control exercised by a class of priests; a ruling class of priests.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
  • * 1863 , "Merle D'Aubigné's History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin," The Christian Observer , p. 298:
    • "They demolished," he says,"by the Word of God, the priestdom of the Pope and his lofty elevation."
  • * 1875 , "Editor's Table," Appleton's Journal , vol. 13, Jan. 16, p. 86:
    • The Spaniards have become callous by the long rule of despotism, and especially of priestdom .
  • * 1977 , Ian C. Wilson, "Education and Politics: The Education Policy of the German Social Democratic Party, 1906-1922," Oxford Review of Education , vol. 3, no. 1, p. 43:
    • The first step must be: "The removal of the important issue of the schools from the dark chambers of the state parliaments, especially from the Prussian bastion of Junkerdom and priestdom , into the bright light and the freer atmosphere of the Reichstag." [translation of SPD Protokoll über die Verhandlunge des Parteitags 1906 ]
  • * 2001 , P. C. Joshi, "In the Lap of the Himalaya: Gandhi's Visit to Uttarakhand," Economic and Political Weekly (India), vol. 36, no. 34, p. 3304:
    • Both Vivekandanda and Gandhi were witness to the hierarchical, rigid and decadent social system, a religiosity dominated by priestdom causing fragmentation of society into pieces and the subordination of women by men.
  • (rare) Priests collectively or priests of a particular religious group or affiliation collectively.
  • * 1886 , Thomas Edwin Brown, Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems , p. 202:
    • The Social Democracy will not recede; it will pursue it course and accomplish its design, even though all priestdom should rise against it, like a cloud of locusts thick enough to darken the sun.
  • * 1992 , Jeffrey S. Soles, "The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of Bronze Age Crete," Hesperia Supplements (India), vol. 24, p. 253:
    • [A] population unit somewhat larger than a nuclear family used these tombs. If it were twice as large and consisted of ten individuals, it might be identified as an extended family or perhaps a fraternal organization such as a priestdom or warrior elite.

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