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Definition of "priest" []

  • In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments. (noun)
  • A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites. (noun)
  • To ordain or admit to the priesthood. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "priest" in a sentence
  • "A Roman priest, a _priest_, you understand, dared to warn Benedetto, to advise him to be cautious."
  • ""As man," says he, "is illuminated with the grace of the Holy Spirit by the priest that baptizes, so also _he who confesses in penitence receives through the priest_, by the grace of Christ, the remission of sin.""
  • "Gospel has succeeded to the Jewish priest in respect to giving _surety_ officially for the fulfilment of the covenant, and on that account may with propriety be called a _priest_."