Priest \Priest\, n. [OE. prest, preost, AS. pre['o]st, fr. L. presbyter, Gr. ? elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of ? an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pristinus. Cf. Pristine, Presbyter.]

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Priest \Priest\, v. t. To ordain as priest.

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Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See Priest.]

1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.

2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. --Hooker.

New presbyter is but old priest writ large. --Milton.

3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.

4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.]

--Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)