A priest, esp. as celebrant of the Mass. (In quot. 1350 figurative)
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| 释义 | society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > celebrating mass (21) mass-priesteOE A priest, esp. as celebrant of the Mass. (In quot. 1350 figurative) masserOE In Old English: a priest. In later use a Protestant term of contempt for: a person who celebrates or attends mass. Cf. mass-monger, n. priestOE spec. A person deputed to offer sacrifice; a minister of the altar. Cf. mass-priest, n. In the Christian church: an ordained minister who officiates… rood priest1516 a priest who officiates at a rood altar; (more generally) a chaplain. massing priest1554 = mass-priest, n. missara1560 = mass-priest, n. sacrificer1563 One who offers up a sacrifice. Christ-maker1571 a (Roman Catholic) priest who consecrates the host in the Eucharist. sacrificule1604 A priest. conficient1614 An officiating priest. celebrant1624 A person who performs a religious rite or formal ceremony, as a marriage, funeral, etc.; spec. a priest who officiates at the Eucharist. missalian1624 A mass-priest. See also missalist, n. 2. missalist1624 A mass-priest. See also missalian, n. Obsolete. waiter at the altar1648 A man (more rarely, a woman) whose office or privilege it is to attend upon a superior. waiter at the altar: (a) gen. (after 1 Corinthians ix… altar-thegn1720 (with reference to the Anglo-Saxon period) the priest serving at an altar; a mass-priest. president1945 An appointed or elected head of any gathering, who presides over meetings and proceedings. The priest or minister who presides at the Eucharist; the… Subcategories:— annually for the dead (2) — in early morning (2) — position at altar of (1) |
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