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Priest
priːst
Priest definitions
noun
priest
priests
- an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments
"the priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept"
clergyman clergywoman minister (of religion) cleric ecclesiastic pastor parson churchman churchwoman man/woman of the cloth man/woman of God father- a person who performs religious ceremonies and duties in a non-Christian religion
"the plays were performed within the sacred area of Dionysus, in the presence of his priest"
- a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling
verb
priest
priested
priesting
priests
- ordain to the priesthood
"he was made deacon in 1990 and priested in 1994"