a person who assists a priest in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a priest
Examples of 'assistant priest' in a sentence
assistant priest
The block of flats provides housing for the parish priest, the assistant priest, the sacristan, and others.
Schürmann, Joachim 1965, 'Iglesia de san Pío X AIemania', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4392/5062. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)