priest

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A person authorized to perform religious ceremonies and rituals, especially in Christian, Catholic, or Orthodox churches.

• The priest blessed the congregation at the end of mass.
• She confessed her sins to the priest.
• The local priest has served the community for twenty years.
• Medieval manuscripts were often preserved by the meticulous copying efforts of educated priests who served as custodians of literacy in monastic communities.
• Anthropological research shows that the social role of a priest varies dramatically across cultures, from political advisor to spiritual healer to community mediator.
• The ancient Egyptian priest class wielded considerable influence over agricultural policy through their control of temple resources and astronomical knowledge for predicting floods.

Eş anlamlılar: clergyman, minister, clergy, pastor, chaplain, cleric

Zıt anlamlılar: layperson, parishioner