священство

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) or equivalently from священи (svjaščeni) +‎ -ство (-stvo). Compare Serbo-Croatian свештенство / sveštenstvo.

• IPA^(key): [svjaˈʃt͡ʃɛnstvɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɛnstvɔ
• Hyphenation: свя‧щен‧ство

священство (svjaščenstvo) n (relational adjective священи)

1. (collective, religion) clergy

   Synonym: клер (kler)

2. (uncountable) priesthood (role or office of a priest)

   Synonym: священїцтво (svjaščenjictvo)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “свештенство”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 484
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “священство”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “clergy”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 56

свяще́н(ник) (svjaščén(nik)) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪˈɕːenstvə]

свяще́нство • (svjaščénstvo) n inan (genitive свяще́нства, nominative plural свяще́нства, genitive plural свяще́нств)

1. (religion) priesthood (the role or office of a priest)
2. (religion) priesthood (priests, collectively)
3. (religion) divine power, grace

• свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj), свяще́нник (svjaščénnik), священни́ческий (svjaščenníčeskij)
• свято́й (svjatój), свя́то (svjáto), свя́тость (svjátostʹ)
• святи́лище (svjatílišče)
• святы́ня (svjatýnja)

From священ(ний) (svjaščen(nyj)) or свяще́н(ик) (svjaščén(yk)) +‎ -ство (-stvo).

• IPA^(key): [sʲʋʲɐʃˈt͡ʃɛnstwɔ]

свяще́нство • (svjaščénstvo) n inan (genitive свяще́нства, uncountable)

1. (religion) priesthood, clergy

   Synonyms: духове́нство (duxovénstvo), духівни́цтво (duxivnýctvo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “священство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “священство”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “священство”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]