soggarthn.
/ˈsɒɡəθ/, U.S. /ˈsɑɡərθ/, Irish English /ˈsɑɡərθ/ Irish English.
A priest.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]
priesteOE
presbyterOE
sirec1290
beauperec1300
sirc1386
fatherhooda1393
fatherheada1434
paternity1439
pater1481
fathershipa1500
father1528
key-bearer?1531
key-keeper?1556
vicegerent1572
priestdom1588
sacerdosa1592
flasher1611
priesthooda1616
père1619
sacerdote1685
firekeeper1789
soggarth1836
priestship1868
soutane1890
joss-man1913
1836 W. Carleton Fardorougha (1848) xvii. 246 What if you axe to see the Bodagh's son, the young sogarth.
1851 G. Borrow Lavengro x To send me to school..that I might be made a saggart of.
1898 R. Buchanan Father Anthony xviii Can't the soggarth visit a dying man without being followed and spied upon?
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