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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

  • (..) Genesis, our chess coach. They were gonna act it out, but they couldn't make it. It's called “The tohunga and the boy." “Once there was a tohunga, an old priest, "In the past, his village had gone to him for guidance. "But now they just thought he was old and crazy. (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse