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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..

Antisacerdotal :: Antisacerdotal (a.) Hostile to priests or the priesthood.

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

Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

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

Shorling :: Shorling (n.) A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest..

Pontiff :: Pontiff (n.) The chief priest.

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..

Urim :: Urim (n.) A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures..

Title :: Title (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside..

Person :: Person (n.) A parson; the parish priest.

Unpriest :: Unpriest (v. t.) To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.

Protopope :: Protopope (n.) One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas.

Magian :: Magian (n.) One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion..

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

Annueler :: Annueler (n.) A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses..

Vestment :: Vestment (n.) any priestly garment.

Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk..

Pontifical :: Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal..

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