priest

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈpɹiːst//
/[ˈpɹ̥iːst]/

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

noun

1
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
2
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.
3
The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

Etymology

From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester. * The Tyndale Bible uses native English elder instead.

verb

1
To ordain as a priest.
He was deaconed on the 23rd May, and priested on the 29th September, 1624, by John, Bishop of Sodar and Man.
Chapman was a lay missionary and was not deaconed until 1844 and priested in 1852.
Thus, Samuel Seabury... was deaconed by the Bishop of Lincoln and priested by the Bishop of Carlisle.

Forms

plural: priests
past tense: priested
past participle: priested
present participle: priesting
third person singular: priests

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priest · A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

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