( n. )
A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
( n. )
A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012