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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

  • (..) Madness? This is Sparta! Welcome, Leonidas. We have been expecting you. The ephors, priests to the old gods. Inbred swine. More creature than man. Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. For no Spartan king has gone to war (..)
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