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priest
English
Etymology
From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English pr?ost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (presbúteros), from ??????? (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i?st/, [?p??i?st]
- Rhymes: -i?st
Noun
priest (plural priests, feminine priestess)
- a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
- a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
- (Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
Coordinate terms
- imam, guru, kohen (cohen), rabbi, bhikkhu, godi
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
priest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)
- (transitive) To ordain as a priest.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
See also
References
- “Lesson 7: Duties of the Priest”, in Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood, Part A?[1], The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2000, page 48
- Smart, Alastair Fish Welfare at Harvest: Killing Me Softly
- Comparison of Common Slaughter Methods for Farmed Finfish Seafood innovations.
Anagrams
- Pitres, Presti, Sprite, esprit, pierst, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
German
Verb
priest
- second-person singular/plural preterite of preisen
Middle English
Noun
priest
- Alternative form of prest (“priest”)
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ecclesiastic
English
Alternative forms
- ecclesiastick
Etymology
From Middle French ecclésiastique, from Late Latin ecclesiasticus (“of the church”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?kl?z??s't?k, IPA(key): /?klizi?æst?k/
- Rhymes: -æst?k
Adjective
ecclesiastic (comparative more ecclesiastic, superlative most ecclesiastic)
- Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
Usage notes
Ecclesiastical is more commonly used.
Related terms
- see Ecclesiastes
Translations
Noun
ecclesiastic (plural ecclesiastics)
- A cleric.
Translations
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- ecclesiasticus what language
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- what does ecclesiasticus mean
- what does ecclesiastical mean in the bible
- what is ecclesiastical history
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