There are neither sacred scriptures nor a priestly hierarchy in this religion.

However, the three-thousand-year-old priestly hierarchy of Egypt knew all there was to know about looting.

On succeeding to the throne, he encounters the adamant opposition of the priestly hierarchy to his planned reforms.

Indeed, he seems to have resisted mediation of any kind, whether by angels, saints or a priestly hierarchy.

In some parts of the empire the priestly hierarchy of the goddess Mynistra remains in open revolt.

A son who might rise in the Roman priestly hierarchy was essential to family and dynastic interests.

The square would be packed with people, with the place of honor, nearest to the dragon gates, reserved for the priestly hierarchy.

They question the corruption of the priests, and indeed the entire priestly hierarchy.

The priestly hierarchy disappeared in the wake of the Spanish Conquest.

The priestly hierarchy was overwhelmingly Irish then, and it remains so today.