Priesting

priest  (prst)

n.

1. In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.

2. A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.

tr.v. priest·ed, priest·ing, priests

To ordain or admit to the priesthood.

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[Middle English preost, from Old English prost, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prester (from Late Latin presbyter; see presbyter) or from West Germanic *prvost (from Latin praepositus, superintendent; see provost).]