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Priest Priːst Noun Parish Ordination Women Candles Blessed

Word3 priest
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /priːst/ /priːst/
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  • a parish priest
  • the ordination of women priests
  • the candles had been blessed by a priest.
  • the priest who was celebrating mass
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priest

(noun)/priːst/ /priːst/
  1. a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches
    • COMPARE chaplain
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chaplain
    • a parish priest
    • the ordination of women priests
    • The candles had been blessed by a priest.
    • the priest who was celebrating Mass
    • Only one or two new priests were ordained each year.
  2. a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian
    • SEE ALSO high priest
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/high-priest
    • a Hindu/Buddhist priest

    Word Origin

    • Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’, from Greek presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’.
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