priest
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
Example
“The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.”
Other meanings
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
Related words
- brown priest
- archpriest
- archpriesthood
- high priest
- highpriest
- high priestess
- highpriesthood
- highpriestly
- highpriestship
- priestdom
- priestess
- priesthood
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "prestre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “priest” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.