unpriest

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unpriest

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From un- + priest.

verb unpriests · unpriesting · unpriested

transitive To deprive of priesthood 1644 July, John Milton, The Judgment of Martin Bucer touching Divorce, Book II, Chapter XXIV, tr. of Martin Bucer, De Regno Christi. The same thought Leo, bishop of Rome, Ep. 85, to the African bishops of Mauritania Caesariensis, wherein complaining of a certain priest, who divorcing his wife, or be
Similar: unfrock

noun unpriests

rare One who is not a priest.

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@misc{unpriest_2026,
  title = {unpriest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unpriest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}