Priest

Noun

 * 1) A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
 * The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
 * The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
 * The israelite priests of Yahweh’s temple were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
 * 1) A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
 * 2)  The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, consisting held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 16.

Related terms

 * priestess
 * priesthood


 * priestly

Adjectives for Priest
solemn; white-robed; ministering; venerable; full; dull; f rocked; persecuting; attendant; ashsmeared; long-haired; eagle-taloned; half-mad; wandering; native; pretended; sandaled; renegade; officiating; treacherous; unyielding; shameful; stout; rustic; rich; homey; luxurious; solitary; adomed; incensed; idolatrous; little; Ir.gh; chanting; smooth-tongued; easy-living.

Verbs for Priest
cloister—; confess to—; ordain—; —admon¬ishes; —addresses; —attends; —baptizes; — blesses; —chants; —confirms; —consecrates; —converts; —fines; —genuflects; —hallows; —imposes; —instructs; —intercedes; —ministers to; —orders; —sanctifies; — serves; —supplicates.

Thesaurus
Aaronic priesthood, Levite, Melchizedek priesthood, Seventy, abbe, abbess, abbot, acolyte, acolytus, apostle, baal kore, bishop, cantor, cassock, celibataire, celibate, chief rabbi, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, confessor, curate, cure, deacon, diaconus, divine, doorkeeper, ecclesiastic, elder, evangelist, exorcist, exorcista, father, father confessor, father in Christ, gallach, high priest, holy man, holy orders, kohen, lector, major orders, man of God, minor orders, misogamist, misogynist, missionary, monastic, monk, mother, nun, ostiarius, padre, parish priest, patriarch, penitentiary, preacher, presbyter, rabbi, rabbin, reader, reverend, scribe, servant of God, single, spiritual director, spiritual father, subdeacon, subdiaconus, teacher, unmarried, vicar

Etymology
From preist:, preest: <  preost: <  presbyter: <  πρεσβύτερος: < πρέσβυς:. Reinforced in Middle English by prestre:, also from Latin presbyter:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:  ,
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Asturian: sacerdote
 * Azeri: keşiş
 * Basque: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: prestur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მღვდელი
 * German:, , Pfaffe
 * Greek: ιερέας (ieréas), ιερωμένος (ieroménos) , κληρικός (klirikós) , παπάς (papás) , εφημέριος (efimérios) (Greek-Orthodox) , πρεσβύτερος (prezvíteros) (Anglican) , πρωτοπρεσβύτερος (protoprezvíteros) (Roman-Catholic)
 * Hebrew: גַּלָּח (gallakh) (Christian)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: prestur
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: prestre, sacerdote
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 司祭 (しさい); 牧師 (ぼくし); (そう)
 * Korean: 신부 (sinbu)
 * Latin: ,
 * Latin: ,


 * Macedonian: ,
 * Maori: Tohunga
 * Middle French:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: prēost, ǣweweard , ciricþingere , clǣnsere , ealdwita , gebedmann , heargweard , hlȳtere , sācerd , þingere , wēofodþegn ; regular ~ hīredprēost
 * Old French: ,
 * Old Irish:
 * Persian: (kešīš)
 * Polish: ksiądz (Christian), kapłan, klecha  (disapproving)
 * Portuguese: (Christian),
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (especially pagan), ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:, , , otac , žrec (pagan)
 * Slovak: kňaz, otec, duchovný, páter, páterko
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: పూజారి (poojaari) (1), అర్చకుడు (archakuDu) (1)
 * Thai: (hlwāŋ-pò),  (pra),  (pra-soŋ),  (nâk-bwāt),  (mu-ni)
 * Tlingit:
 * Turkish:, din adamı
 * Ukrainian: священик,, ксьондз, отець, піп, ієрей, жрець
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: offeiriad
 * Yup'ik:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: offeiriad
 * Yup'ik:

Anagrams

 * esprit
 * ripest
 * sitrep
 * sprite
 * stripe