Definition of priest

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Priest (n.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power..

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High Priest :: High priest () A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood..
Order :: Order (n.) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry..
Divine :: Divine (a.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
Pax :: Pax (n.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Maenad :: Maenad (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Lamaism :: Lamaism (n.) A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama..
Sanhedrim :: Sanhedrim (n.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters..
Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.
Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..
Infula :: Infula (n.) A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white..
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
Organist :: Organist (n.) One of the priests who organized or sung in parts.
Priestly :: Priestly (a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell..
Pontifical :: Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal..
Priestliness :: Priestliness (n.) The quality or state of being priestly.
Offertory :: Offertory (n.) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.
Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..
Parish :: Parish (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor..
Versicle :: Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people..
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