priest
IPA: prˈist
noun
- A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
- A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
- (Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To ordain as a priest.
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Examples of "priest" in Sentences
- I professed to a priest.
- The noble is mentioned as the priest.
- It emphasises the priesthood of the priest.
- The priest recites the prayer of Saint Michael.
- He was benedicted by the priests of the church.
- The priest says the prayer of forgiveness over the penitent.
- And the priest is a personal friend of one of the team members!
- At least a priest is around, and well-versed in domestic realities.
- The diocesan priest and the religious priest are bound by the Church.
- It comes 20 years after the Church decided to ordain women as priests.
- The priest of the congregation belonging to the church is Einar Gelius.
- Becoming a priest is an option that turns that problem into a positive.
- During the whole process the priest would chant prayers and evoke the dead.
- If you suspect a priest is a Sci Fi Priest, you have to corner him, and you have to do it fast.
- A Roman priest, a _priest_, you understand, dared to warn Benedetto, to advise him to be cautious.
- And, how can the choir continue to send their children to the church knowing that the priest is a pedophile?
- In fact, viewed from this light, a priest is the best bet Meggie has for finding herself any male attention at all.
- Gospel has succeeded to the Jewish priest in respect to giving _surety_ officially for the fulfilment of the covenant, and on that account may with propriety be called a _priest_.
- "As man," says he, "is illuminated with the grace of the Holy Spirit by the priest that baptizes, so also _he who confesses in penitence receives through the priest_, by the grace of Christ, the remission of sin."
- Saviour's body and blood, with numerous crossings, genuflexions, the elevation of the host and especially the self-communion of the priest, as an offering of the body of Christ a bloodless sacrifice for the sins of the living or dead; all of which was read and done by the _priest himself_ before the altar; and which preceded the sacramental communion of the congregation, and was the only preparation for the communion.