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priest

UK
/priːst/
US
/prist/

Translations

priestnoun
priests
pl
UK
/priːst/
US
/prist/
The priest led the congregation in prayer during the Sunday service.
Le prêtre a mené l’assemblée dans la prière pendant l’office du dimanche.
Additional translations
matraque à poissonDans le domaine de la pêche, pour assommer rapidement un poisson.
prêtressePour une femme exerçant une fonction sacerdotale.
Synonyms
minister
chaplain
spiritual leader
holy man
reverend
vicar
pastor
clergyman
priestverb
priested
Past Simple
priested
Past Participle
priesting
Gerund
UK
/priːst/
US
/prist/
ordonnerDans le sens d’ordonner à la prêtrise.
The bishop priested three deacons during the ceremony.
L’évêque a ordonné trois diacres pendant la cérémonie.
Additional translations
officierDans le sens d’exercer une fonction sacerdotale.
Synonyms
appoint
invest
induct
install
anoint
consecrate
ordain
priestadjective
Used attributively to describe something relating to a priest; usually non-gradable.
sacerdotalRelatif à un prêtre ; employé avant un nom.
The old mansion contained a secret priest hole behind the fireplace.
L’ancienne demeure contenait une cachette sacerdotale derrière la cheminée.
Synonyms
priestly
clerical
sacerdotal
ecclesiastical
ministerial

Definitions

priestnoun
A person who is authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.
The priest led the congregation in prayer during the Sunday service.
A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders.
After years of study, he was finally ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church.
A short, usually weighted club used by anglers to stun or kill fish quickly.
He dispatched the salmon with a priest before placing it in the cooler.
priestverb
To ordain or appoint as a priest.
The bishop priested three deacons during the ceremony.
To act or serve in the role of a priest.
For many years he priested in remote mountain parishes.
priestadjective
Relating to or characteristic of a priest; priestly (used before a noun).
The old mansion contained a secret priest hole behind the fireplace.
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