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priest

Definition

  • noun: a person who has the authority to lead or perform ceremonies in some religions and especially in some Christian religions
  • noun: one authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God
  • synonyms: minister, presbyter, hierophant

Examples

  • He was ordained as a Roman Catholic 'priest'.

  • the 'high priest of' horror fiction

  • the 'high priest of' psychotherapy

Movie quotes

  • (..) -Quickly. Go! Do something for me. Take a bath. A bath? These are my private chambers, my son. I have priests who would hear your confession. I see the boy I knew in the man before me. Welcome home, Robin. You shine like the sun, my lady. (..)
    1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves