- 聖職
- せいしょく【聖職】sacred profession〖C〗神聖な職業vocation〖C〗天職priesthood《正式》[the ~] 聖職; 司祭職.¶~につく[ついている]take [be in] holy orders 《正式》; enter [go into, join] the church 《正式》.◇ → 聖職者* * *せいしょく【聖職】【宗教】1 (holy) orders; the ministry; the clergy.
●聖職から追われる[を剥奪される] be unfrocked; be defrocked.
●聖職につく take [be admitted to] (holy) orders; enter religion [the ministry]; be ordained (priest [to the priesthood])
・聖職にある be in (holy) orders.
2 〔神聖な職業〕 a sacred profession.●日本では医師と教師は聖職とみなされ, 人々の信頼を集めてきた. In Japan, medicine and teaching have been seen as sacred professions and people have trusted the people who practice them.
聖職志願者 〔見習期以前の〕 a postulant.聖職者 a churchman 《pl. -men》; a clergyman 《pl. -men》; a cleric; a man of the cloth.聖職者会合 〔アフガニスタンの国家意思決定機関〕 a shura.聖職叙任[按手式] ordination.聖職売買 simony.聖職禄 a [an ecclesiastical] benefice; an incumbency; a church living.●聖職禄受領者 a beneficiary.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.