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priest
(priːst)
Word forms: plural priests
1. countable noun
A priest is a member of the Christian clergy in the Catholic, Anglican, or Orthodox church.
He had trained to be a Catholic priest.
Synonyms: or woman">clergyman or woman, minister, father, divine More Synonyms of priest
2. countable noun
In many non-Christian religions a priest is a man who has particular duties and responsibilities in a place where people worship.
3. See also high priest
priest in British English
(priːst) or feminine priestess
noun
1. Christianity
a person ordained to act as a mediator between God and humankind in administering the sacraments, preaching, blessing, guiding, etc
2.
(in episcopal Churches) a minister in the second grade of the hierarchy of holy orders, ranking below a bishop but above a deacon
3.
a minister of any religion
4. Judaism
a descendant of the family of Aaron who has certain privileges in the synagogue service
5.
(in some non-Christian religions) an official who offers sacrifice on behalf of the people and performs other religious ceremonies
6. (sometimes capital)
a variety of fancy pigeon having a bald pate with a crest or peak at the back of the head
7. angling
a small club used to kill fish caught
verb (transitive)
▶ Related adjective: hieratic8.
to make a priest; ordain
Derived forms
priestlike (ˈpriestˌlike) adjective
Word origin
Old English prēost, apparently from presbyter; related to Old High German prēster, Old French prestrepriest in American English
(prist)
noun
1.
a person whose function is to make sacrificial offerings and perform other religious rites as an intermediary between deity and worshipers
2.
a.
in the early Christian church, a presbyter, or elder
b.
in hierarchical Christian churches, a clergyman ranking next below a bishop and authorized to administer the sacraments
3.
any clergyman
Derived forms
priesthood (ˈpriestˌhood) noun
Word origin
ME prest < OE preost (? with -o- by assoc. with profost, provost) < LL(Ec) presbyter, an elder < Gr presbyteros, elder, compar. of presbys, old, old man (in LGr(Ec), an elder) < IE *pres-, ahead < base *per- (see per1, pre-) + *gwou-, cow1, ox (hence, orig., lead-ox)Image ofpriest
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In other languagespriest
British English: priest /priːst/ NOUN
A priest is a member of the Christian clergy in the Catholic, Anglican, or Orthodox church.
He trained to be a Catholic priest.
- American English: priest
- Arabic: كَاهِن
- Brazilian Portuguese: padre
- Chinese: 牧师
- Croatian: svećenik
- Czech: kněz
- Danish: præst
- Dutch: priester
- European Spanish: sacerdote
- Finnish: pappi
- French: prêtre
- German: Priester
- Greek: ιερέας
- Italian: prete
- Japanese: 司祭
- Korean: 신부
- Norwegian: prest
- Polish: kapłan
- European Portuguese: padre
- Romanian: preot
- Russian: священник
- Latin American Spanish: sacerdote
- Swedish: präst
- Thai: พระ
- Turkish: rahip
- Ukrainian: священик
- Vietnamese: linh mục
All related terms of 'priest'
Chinese translation of 'priest'
priest
(priːst)
n (c)
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神职(職)人员(員)
(shénzhí rényuán) (位, wèi)
(noun)
Definition
a minister of any religion
He had trained to be a Catholic priest.
Synonyms
or woman">clergyman or woman
The crowds were protesting against a local clergyman being banned from preaching.
minister
My father was a Baptist minister.
father
divine
He had the air of a divine.
vicar
the vicar of the local parish
pastor
the pastor of the local Episcopalian church
cleric
curate
churchman
padre (informal)
Many soldiers found the padre a comforting presence.
holy man or woman or person
man or woman or person of God
man or woman or person of the cloth
ecclesiastic
He was sent to a school run by ecclesiastics.
father confessor
related words
related adjective hieratic
Synonyms of 'priest'
priest
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of padre
Definition
a chaplain to the armed forces
Many soldiers found the padre a comforting presence.
Synonyms
priest,
vicar,
parson,
preacher,
minister,
pastor,
chaplain,
clergyman,
rector,
curate,
man of the cloth
in the sense of pastor
Definition
a member of the clergy in charge of a congregation
the pastor of the local Episcopalian church
Synonyms
or woman">clergyman or woman,
minister,
priest,
vicar,
divine,
parson,
rector,
curate,
churchman or woman,
ecclesiasticin the sense of vicar
Definition
a priest who is in charge of a parish
the vicar of the local parish
Synonyms
priest,
minister,
pastor,
cleric,
or woman">clergyman or woman,
father,
divine,
curate,
churchman or woman,
padre (informal),
holy man or woman or person,
man or woman or person of God,
man of the cloth,
ecclesiastic,
father confessor