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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

  • (..) - What? Life and death. Life and death. What the hell do you know about life and death? I?d like to think I know a lot. I?m a priest.. Yeah, you get up and preach about life and death. But all what you know is what you learned in a priest school. Right out of the rookie Preacher's Handbook (..)
    2008 Gran Torino