priest
noun
[ priːst ]
• 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"
Similar:
clergyman,
clergywoman,
minister (of religion),
cleric,
ecclesiastic,
pastor,
parson,
churchman,
churchwoman,
man/woman of the cloth,
man/woman of God,
father,
kirkman,
dominie,
reverend,
padre,
Holy Joe,
sky pilot,
josser,
• a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.
priest
verb
• ordain to the priesthood.
• "he was made deacon in 1990 and priested in 1994"
Origin:
Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’ (see presbyter).
