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Priest

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English

Pronunciation

  • SAMPA : /'pr\i:st/
  • IPA : /'pɻiːst/

Etymology

From Greek presbyteros meaning elder

Noun

priest, plural priests

  1. a religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
    The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession .
    The shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
    The israelite priests of Yahweh's temple were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.

Translations

  • Anglo-Saxon: préost m, ǽweweard m, ciricþingere m, clǽnsere m, ealdwita m, gebedmann m, heargweard m, hlýtere m, sácerd m, f, þingere m, wéofodþegn m; regular ~ híredpréost m
  • Bulgarian: свещеник
  • Chinese: 司铎 (siduo), 司祭 (siji), 教士 (jiaoshi)
  • Czech: kněz m, otec, duchovní , duchovní otec , páter , velebný otec , velebníček m
  • Danish: præst
  • Dutch: priester m, pastoor m
    pappi
  • French: prêtre m
  • German: Priester m
  • Hebrew: גַּלָּח m (Christian)
  • Interlingua: prestre , sacerdote
  • Italian: prete m
  • Japanese: 司祭 (しさい), 牧師 (ぼくし), (そう)
  • Latin: sacerdos m, f
  • Persian: کشیش (keshish)
  • Polish: ksiądz m, kapłan m, klecha m (informal),
  • Slovak: kňaz , otec, duchovný , páter , páterko m
  • Spanish: cura m, sacerdote m
  • Swedish: präst c

Related words

See Also

External link

  • Wikipedia article on Priests



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