priest

noun

/priːst/

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a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches
- a parish priest
- the ordination of women priests
- The candles had been blessed by a priest.
- the priest who was celebrating Mass
- Only one or two new priests were ordained each year.
compare chaplain, clergyman, minister, vicarTopics Religion and festivalsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- local
- parish
- village
- …
verb + priest
- become
- be ordained (as)
priest + verb
- celebrate something
- officiate (at something)
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(feminine priestess
/ˌpriːˈstes/

/ˈpriːstəs/
)
a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian
- a Hindu/Buddhist priest
see also high priest
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- high
- temple
- …
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Word OriginOld English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’, from Greek presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’.

单词	priest
释义	priest noun /priːst/ /priːst/ jump to other results a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches a parish priest the ordination of women priests The candles had been blessed by a priest. the priest who was celebrating Mass Only one or two new priests were ordained each year. compare chaplain, clergyman, minister, vicarTopics Religion and festivalsb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective local parish village … verb + priest become be ordained (as) priest + verb celebrate something officiate (at something) See full entry (feminine priestess /ˌpriːˈstes/ /ˈpriːstəs/ ) a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian a Hindu/Buddhist priest see also high priest Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief high temple … See full entry Word OriginOld English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’, from Greek presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’.
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