different between priest vs psychologist

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)

1. a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

3. a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
4. (Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

Coordinate terms

• imam, guru, kohen (cohen), rabbi, bhikkhu, godi

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Verb

priest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)

1. (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.

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

1. second-person singular/plural preterite of preisen

Middle English

Noun

priest

1. Alternative form of prest (“priest”)

English

Etymology

From psycholog(y) +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa??k?l.?.d???st/

Noun

psychologist (plural psychologists)

1. An expert in the field of psychology.
   • Investigating why IBM salespeople were so successful, researchers found that IBM set easy targets for their salespeople rather than targets that were difficult to reach and so most of their salespeople achieved their targets. IBM had hired psychologists to define optimum motivational goals for their salespeople and it was discovered that if the targets were achievable the salespeople became very confident and motivated (unlike their demotivated cousins in rival companies) and went out and sold even more computers.

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Anagrams

• phycologists