0 the position of being a priest:
He left the priesthood to get married.
It was only the wealthiest families that could afford the expense of educating a son for the priesthood.
Sometimes pagan priesthoods were for life, with an annual annuity paid, or a payment on entry into office.
His priesthood put him in an awkward position.
But such positions were nevertheless in reality honorary since holders of such priesthoods were expected to make large contributions from their own wealth.
As patrons, the nuns invested the capital, and named students of theology preparing for the priesthood, preferably relatives of the founders, as chaplains.
This libertarian vision represents pluralism as a disavowal of secular priesthoods and coercive oversight, and leaves moral communities largely to their own resources.
Other causes pi'es were less restrictive, but the rule was always dowries for women and the priesthood for men.
They had a married priesthood, though no written books.
