CLERKSHIP Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

clerkship

noun

as in priesthood

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Recent Examples of clerkship Seven weeks later, Usha began a clerkship at the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. — Kate Andersen Brower, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026 Working in the emergency room for the first time during her internal medicine clerkship feels like encountering a tsunami, as classroom knowledge and limited clinical experiences are suddenly, and forcefully, put to the test. — Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026 The Supreme Court turned her down for a clerkship. — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026 The attorney general’s prior legal experience includes a clerkship for a federal appeals court judge and a brief stint in private practice. — Garrett Shanley Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026 Then came a clerkship on the 10th Circuit and a job at a big law firm in Seattle. — Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025 Macon, who’d held a prestigious clerkship with the North Carolina Court of Appeals, did not continue her legal career. — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
The ability to analyze, explain, forecast, and build no longer belongs exclusively to a technical priesthood.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of priesthood

Noun

Alongkot Poonmook, formerly known as Phra Ratcha Wisutthiprachanat, was forced to leave the monkhood after he was arrested last year along with an associate, Seksan Sapsubbsakul, who served as a fundraiser for the project.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Monks join the monastery at six to nine years of age and according to tradition many families will send one son into the monkhood.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of monkhood

Noun

The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.

— Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025

Definition of episcopate

Noun

Most major mergers are consummated after executives have dedicated months to quietly drafting detailed operational plans and organizational hierarchies.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Whatever the old hierarchy promised, Cheval Blanc Courchevel intended to outdo it.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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