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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

  • (..) White niggers. Look, we don't want trouble, okay? No, you came here stirrin' trouble. Doc, someone's been hurt. A priest, from Boston. White. Now you know what being a nigger around here feels like, boy. Hurt? How? (..)
    2014 Selma