Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] priests " in BNC.
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| 1 | A split was avoided when the synod rejected proposals to allow a separate church of those who refused to accept women priests . |
| 2 | Last year the Church of England voted to ordain women priests . |
| 3 | An Oxford priest has become the first in the country to announce he 'll leave the Church of England following the vote to ordain women priests . |
| 4 | Dr Runcie said the new rules ‘ tried to steer a course between what I described as legislative schism and a measure which would reduce to second class membership those who find themselves unable to recognise women priests ’ . |
| 5 | The General Synod of the Church of England voted last November to allow women priests but the Church Society which opposes the move has won permission for a High Court hearing . |
| 6 | I HOPE when the Church of England Synod meets again it will decide not to have women priests in the ministry . |
| 7 | A first draft , giving the clergy powers to block women priests , frightened members — including Dr Runcie — and risked a split . |
| 8 | The vote came five years after the synod called for draft legislation to introduce women priests . |
| 9 | Mr Gummer resigned from the General Synod of the Church of England last November when they sent draft legislation to introduce women priests to Parliament . |