Priest

Meaning of Priest

noun
  1. an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments.
    the priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept
  2. a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.
verb
  1. ordain to the priesthood.
    he was made deacon in 1990 and priested in 1994

Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’ (see presbyter).

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Hyphenation of Priest

Pri-est

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Priest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Priest synonyms

Meaning a male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one:

clergyman

Meaning a female priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one:

clergywoman

Meaning a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one:

cleric

Meaning a priest or member of the clergy:

ecclesiastic

Meaning a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation, especially in some non-episcopal churches:

pastor

Meaning a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar:

parson

Meaning a male member of the Christian clergy or of a Church:

churchman

Meaning a female member of the Christian clergy or of a Church:

churchwoman

Meaning (often as a title or form of address) a priest:

father

Meaning a clergyman or member of the Church of Scotland:

kirkman

Meaning a schoolmaster:

dominie

Meaning a member of the clergy:

reverend

Meaning a chaplain in the armed services:

padre

Meaning a man, typically an old man or one regarded with some contempt:

josser

Anagrams of Priest

esprit, pierst, Pitres, Pteris, pteris, ripest, sitrep, Sprite, sprite, stripe, tripes

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