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priest

  [preest]
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–noun
1. a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings.
2. (in Christian use)
a. a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office; a member of the clergy; minister.
b. (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clergy of the order next below that of bishop, authorized to carry out the Christian ministry.
3. a minister of any religion.
–verb (used with object)
4. to ordain as a priest.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME prest(e), priest, OE prēost, ult. < LL presbyter presbyter

Related forms:
priestless, adjective
priestlike, adjective, adverb
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priest   (prēst)   
n.  

  1. In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.

  2. A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.

tr.v.   priest·ed, priest·ing, priests
To ordain or admit to the priesthood.

[Middle English preost, from Old English prēost, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prester (from Late Latin presbyter; see presbyter) or from West Germanic *prēvost (from Latin praepositus, superintendent; see provost).]
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