PRIEST
\pɹˈiːst], \pɹˈiːst], \p_ɹ_ˈiː_s_t]\
Definitions of PRIEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A presbyter elder; a minister
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One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
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A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
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One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.
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To ordain as priest.
By Oddity Software
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One devoted to the service of God or a god, with authority to perform religious rites; one ordained to the Christian ministry.
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Priestess.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who officiates in sacred offices: one above a deacon and below a bishop: a clergyman:-fem. PRIESTNESS.
By Daniel Lyons
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One ordained to sacred offices; ecclesiastic.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
