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priest¹
- /ˈpɹiːst/
- [ˈpɹ̥iːst]
Rhymes with -iːst
Where it comes from
From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
* The Tyndale Bible uses native English elder instead.
noun priests
- A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple. The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
- A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish. They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.
- The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
verb priests · priesting · priested
- To ordain as a priest. If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not
Priest²
Where it comes from
From Middle English Prest.
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: non-christian priest, reverend, clergyman, chaplain, padre, minister, deacon, vicar, pope, cleric, parson, priesthood, preacher, abbot, church, missionary
Translations
Every language
noun clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)
| Español | sacerdote, cura, padre, párroco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신부 sinbu, 사제 saje, 성직자 seongjikja |
| 日本語 | 司祭 shisai, 牧師 bokushi, 僧 sō, 法師 hōshi, 祭司 saishi, 神父 shinpu |
| 中文 | 祭司 jìsī, 教士 jiàoshì, 神父 shénfù, 牧師 /牧师 mùshī, 司鐸 /司铎 sīduó |
| हिन्दी | याजक yājak, पादरी pādrī, काहिन kāhin |
| Kiswahili | kasisi |
| Português | padre, sacerdote, presbítero |
| Français | prêtre, prêtresse, sacrificateur, sacrificatrice |
| Deutsch | Priester, Priesterin, Pfarrer, Pfarrerin, Pastor, Pastorin |
| Italiano | prete, sacerdote, pope |
| Ελληνικά | ιερέας ieréas, ιερωμένος ieroménos, κληρικός klirikós, παπάς papás, εφημέριος efimérios, πρεσβύτερος presvýteros |
| Română | preot, popă |
| Русский | свяще́нник svjaščénnik, поп pop, жрец žrec, свято́й оте́ц svjatój otéc, оте́ц otéc, ба́тюшка bátjuška |
| Tiếng Việt | mục sư, linh mục |
| العربية | كَاهِن kāhin, قِسِّيس qissīs, قِسّ qiss, قَسّ qass, خُورِيّ ḵūriyy |
| עברית | כֹּמֶר, כּוֹהֵן, כֹּהֵן kohén |
noun tool for killing fish
| Italiano | mazza |
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Talk about this word "priest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/priest. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. priest. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/priest "priest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/priest.Cite this
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title = {priest},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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