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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..

Showbread :: Showbread (n.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place..

Papa :: Papa (n.) A parish priest in the Greek Church.

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..

Imaum :: Imaum (n.) Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque..

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Organist :: Organist (n.) One of the priests who organized or sung in parts.

Confessant :: Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Druid :: Druid (n.) One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons..

Ecclesiastic :: Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest..

Coadjutor :: Coadjutor (n.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.

Paulist :: Paulist (n.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants..

Divine :: Divine (a.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

Magi :: Magi (n. pl.) A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East..

Priestess :: Priestess (n.) A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.

Priestlike :: Priestlike (a.) Priestly.

Pythoness :: Pythoness (n.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.

Responsory :: Responsory (n.) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain..

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

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