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Definition of priest

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Priest (n.) One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests..

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Priestless :: Priestless (a.) Without a priest.

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

Prestimony :: Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator..

Fohist :: Fohist (n.) A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

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

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

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

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..

Pluvial :: Pluvial (n.) A priest's cope.

Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests..

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..

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

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

Celebrant :: Celebrant (n.) One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants..

Aaronical :: Aaronical (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews..

Archpresbyter :: Archpresbyter (n.) Same as Archpriest.

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests..

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.