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priest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
    • 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. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • The church was tighening up on matters sexual. Until the middle of the tenth century it had been quite routine for priests to be married. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 169:
    • The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
  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. 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 212:
  3. (Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

Forms

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priests Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pujari · bhikkhu · imam · mobad · volkhv · rabbi · kohen · godi · mahant · guru

Deriveds

priestx · chief priest · unpriest · priest hole · astronomer-priest · protopriest · Priestfield · highpriesthood · religious priest · antipriest · priestlet · priestess · priestcraft · priestless · priestal · proto-priest · mass priest · priesthood · underpriest · fetish priest · priestress · priestianity · priestly · priestism · archpriesthood · highpriestship · high priest · priestlike · highpriest · hedge priest · brown priest · choke-priest · priest-monk · kill-priest · highpriestly · priest-doctor · priestdom · priestling · priest-king · priestery · worker-priest · priestcap · head priest · priestship · a dumb priest never got a parish · supply priest · priestliness · parish priest · hypepriest · die roaring for a priest · priestish · priest-ridden · archpriest · high priestess

Hypernyms

cleric

Translations (344)

fa-ira کَشیش (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · orv попъ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · syc ܟܘܡܪܐ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Priesterin (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ug كاھىن (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hy քահանա (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ajp خوري (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mfe pret (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 神父 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · orv свѧщеникъ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · be сьвяшчэ́ньнiк (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hy աբեղա (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ru оте́ц (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · afb راهب (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · km លោកសង្ឃ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ps کاهن (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hi काहिन (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ajp قسيس (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cy offeiriad (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl kapłan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh по̏п (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · it mazza (tool for killing fish) · be сьвята́р (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Pfarrerin (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · yi פּריסטער (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · roa-opt preste (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · dlm priast (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ca sacerdot (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh о̀тац (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · gmy 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · eu abade (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nl pastoor (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · el κληρικός (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · yi גלח (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · it pope (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cmn 教士 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · bg свещенослужи́тел (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh pȍp (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vec pre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · grc ἱερεύς (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uk свяще́ник (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · be поп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · eu apaiz (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · it prete (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lb Paschtouer (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ccc patile (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fro prestre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mn тайлгач (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lad papaz (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · la sacrārius (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl wołchw (Poganism) (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pwn palaingan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ang sacerd (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hi पादरी (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · id imam (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cbk padre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ang prēost (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sc 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clergyperson)) · kw pronter (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · la sacerdōs (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · dsb pop (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ar قَسّ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · gl crego (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ro popă (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · st moprista (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kmr qeşe (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · az kahin (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sv pastor (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · non goði (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pt presbítero (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pam pari (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · be жрэц (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cmn 司鐸 /司铎 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uz kohin (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo pädan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ru ксёндз (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo jikultan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) 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(clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · gl capelán (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · az keşiş (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tg коҳин (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fa کندا (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fr prêtresse (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · jv dwija (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo jipädan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nci tlamacazqui (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Priester (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl duchowny (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pdt Priesta (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · got 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kok ಪಾದ್ರಿ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · km អ្នកបួស (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kix āmpāu (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lt kunigas (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fr sacrificatrice (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · egy nTr-Hm (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rsk священїк (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sk páter (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uk ієре́й (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · jv pandhita (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · es padre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vec prète (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kum кешиш (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · yi פּאָפּ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Seelsorger (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lv priesteris (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · bg поп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tg рӯҳонӣ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vi mục sư (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ar خُورِيّ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 祭司 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ml പുരോഹിതൻ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ar كَاهِن (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rgn prit (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lo ຄຸນພໍ່ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nv ééʼ 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· pl ksiądz (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · el παπάς (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uz kashish (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ia sacerdote (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · br beleg (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · gd sagart (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Pastorin (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 法師 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · bo བླ་མ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uga 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 司祭 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fr prêtre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo hikultan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ti ቀሺ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ms imam (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pgl ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ca capellà (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uz pop (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rom raśaj (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tr keşiş (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rap oromatu'a (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ru священнослужи́тель (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ajp خوري (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cop ϩⲟⲛⲧ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh òtac (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mn санваартан (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · lo ຄູບາ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rgn prid (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 聖職者 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tr rahip (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cmn 牧師 /牧师 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ar قِسِّيس (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · non gyðja (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mi Tohunga (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fr sacrificateur (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sw kuhani (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fi pappi (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kk дін қызметшісі (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kk поп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hy տերտեր (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl żerca (Poganism) (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · prs کَشِیش (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · el ιερέας (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sga cruimther (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · got 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mn бөө (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sl duhovnik (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl żyrzko (Poganism) (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · el πρεσβύτερος (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · dsb mjeršnik (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo kultan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ro preot (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ast sacerdote (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · myv озатя (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · th นักบวช (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vi linh mục (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh žrȇc (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ar قِسّ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl żyrzec (Poganism) (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · it sacerdote (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cmn 祭司 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · oc capelan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · acm قس (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uk піп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · cy pren lladd (tool for killing fish) · enm prest (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · mt qassis (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · io popo (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uk священнослужи́тель (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · eo pastro (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ru поп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · am ካህን (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kok पाद्रि (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nb prest (tool for killing fish) · kl palasi (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · kk діни қызметкер (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · uz ruhoniy (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Pfarrer (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · be свяшчэннаслужы́цель (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nb prest (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fro provoire (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tg поп (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nci tlenamacac (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo jipastan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · prs کَاهِن (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo pastan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · io kleriko (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sh жре̑ц (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · io sacerdoto (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pt padre (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ka მღვდელი (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · es párroco (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · gmy 𐀂𐀋𐀫𐀺𐀒 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · nn prest (tool for killing fish) · ga athair naofa (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · fo prestur (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ary قسيس (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · got 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · my ရဟန်း (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · njo-jgl putir (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · th พระสงฆ์ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ko 성직자 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tl pari (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rsk паноцец (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · taa xwk'eghw neɬtenenh (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja(clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · tli wáadishgaa (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · acm كاهن (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vec prèvede (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · esu agayulirta (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · co preti (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ru ба́тюшка (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · vo hipastan (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · rm prer (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · el πρωτοπρεσβύτερος (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · oc prèire (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · yue 祭司 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · es cura (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sv präst (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ja 牧師 (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · es sacerdote (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · egl prît (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ota كشیش (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sga sacart (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sc prede (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hi याजक (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ps پادري (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · ka ქურუმი (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · syc ܟܗܢܐ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · pl klecha (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · sw kasisi (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hy երեց (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · de Pastor (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · th มุนิ (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) · hu lelkész (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson))

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priest en · VERB

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) 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. 1869, George Bennett, The History of Bandon, Francis Guy, page 518
    • Chapman was a lay missionary and was not deaconed until 1844 and priested in 1852. 1992, Allan Davidson, Donald D. Hook, “New Zealand's Prayer Book”, in Anglican and Episcopal History, 61.3, pages 247-251:
    • If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is. 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95
    • Thus, Samuel Seabury... was deaconed by the Bishop of Lincoln and priested by the Bishop of Carlisle. 2013, Gregory K. Cameron, “Locating the Anglican Communion in the History of Anglicanism”, in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion, page 3:

Forms

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priested Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
priested Tense=Past lexicographic
priests Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
priesting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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dean · archimandrite · prelate · pope · bishop · clergyman · vicar · cleric · clergywoman · nun · clergy · monsignor · patriarch · cardinal · metropolitan · clergyperson · father · brother · popess · archbishop · monk

wikipedia: Tyndale Bible