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Definition: Priest |
PriestNoun1. A clergyman in many Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites. 2. A spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "priest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Bible | Priest The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved on the head of the family, as in the cases of Noah (Gen. 8:20), Abraham (12:7; 13:4), Isaac (26:25), Jacob (31:54), and Job (Job 1:5). The name first occurs as applied to Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18). Under the Levitical arrangements the office of the priesthood was limited to the tribe of Levi, and to only one family of that tribe, the family of Aaron. Certain laws respecting the qualifications of priests are given in Lev. 21:16-23. There are ordinances also regarding the priests' dress (Ex. 28:40-43) and the manner of their consecration to the office (29:1-37). Their duties were manifold (Ex. 27:20, 21; 29:38-44; Lev. 6:12; 10:11; 24:8; Num. 10:1-10; Deut. 17:8-13; 33:10; Mal. 2:7). They represented the people before God, and offered the various sacrifices prescribed in the law. In the time of David the priests were divided into twenty-four courses or classes (1 Chr. 24:7-18). This number was retained after the Captivity (Ezra 2:36-39; Neh. 7:39-42). "The priests were not distributed over the country, but lived together in certain cities [forty-eight in number, of which six were cities of refuge, q.v.], which had been assigned to their use. From thence they went up by turns to minister in the temple at Jerusalem. Thus the religious instruction of the people in the country generally was left to the heads of families, until the establishment of synagogues, an event which did not take place till the return from the Captivity, and which was the main source of the freedom from idolatry that became as marked a feature of the Jewish people thenceforward as its practice had been hitherto their great national sin." The whole priestly system of the Jews was typical. It was a shadow of which the body is Christ. The priests all prefigured the great Priest who offered "one sacrifice for sins" "once for all" (Heb. 10:10, 12). There is now no human priesthood. (See Epistle to the Hebrews throughout.) The term "priest" is indeed applied to believers (1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6), but in these cases it implies no sacerdotal functions. All true believers are now "kings and priests unto God." As priests they have free access into the holiest of all, and offer up the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and the sacrifices of grateful service from day to day. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | A priest is an augury of ill, if seen in dreams. If he is in the pulpit, it denotes sickness and trouble for the dreamer. If a woman dreams that she is in love with a priest, it warns her of deceptions and an unscrupulous lover. If the priest makes love to her, she will be reproached for her love of gaiety and practical joking. To confess to a priest, denotes that you will be subjected to humiliation and sorrow. These dreams imply that you have done, or will do, something which will bring discomfort to yourself or relatives. The priest or preacher is your spiritual adviser, and any dream of his professional presence is a warning against your own imperfections. Seen in social circles, unless they rise before you as spectres, the same rules will apply as to other friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Occupations | Conducts religious worship and performs other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination as authorized, and provides spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members: Leads congregation in worship services. Prepares and delivers sermons and other talks. Interprets doctrine of religion. Instructs people who seek conversion to faith. Conducts wedding and funeral services. Administers religious rites or ordinances. Visits sick and shut-ins, and helps poor. Counsels those in spiritual need and comforts bereaved. Oversees religious education programs. May write articles for publication and engage in interfaith, community, civic, educational, and recreational activities sponsored by or related to interest of denomination. May teach in seminaries and universities. May serve in armed forces, institutions, or industry and be designated Chaplain (profess. & kin.). When in charge of Christian church, congregation, or parish, may be designated Pastor (profess. & kin.) or Rector (profess. & kin.). May carry religious message and medical or educational aid to nonchristian lands and people to obtain converts and establish native church and be designated Missionary (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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The sacrament of Holy Orders in the modern Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, includes three degrees:
- bishops,
- priests, and
- deacons.
Definition of "order"
The word ordo (order, in Latin) designated an established civil body or corporation, and ordinatio meant legal incorporation into an ordo. The three degrees of Holy Orders represent ordines.
Meaning of priesthood
The Catholic church sees its priesthood as both a reflection of the ancient temple priesthood of the Jews and the person of Christ. The liturgy of ordination recalls the Old Testament priesthood and the priesthood of Christ. In the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, "Christ is the source of all priesthood: the priest of the old law was a prefiguration of Christ, and the priest of the new law acts in the person of Christ" [Summa Theologica III, 22, 4c].
Process and sequence
The arrangement given above, "bishops, priests, and deacons" is in the reverse order of ordination. Typically in the last year of seminary training a man will be ordained to the diaconate, called in recent times the "transitional diaconate" to distinguish men bound for priesthood from those who have entered the "permanent diaconate" and do not intend to seek further ordination. Deacons, whether transitional or permanent, are licensed to preach sermons, to perform baptisms, and to witness marriages, but to perform no other sacraments. They may assist at the Eucharist or the Mass, but are not the ministers of the Eucharist.
After at least six months or more as a transitional deacon a man will be ordained to the priesthood. Priests are able to preach, perform baptisms, witness marriages, hear confessions and give absolutions, and celebrate the Eucharist or the Mass.
Bishops are chosen from among the priests, and are the leaders of territorial units called dioceses. Only bishops can validly administer the sacrament of holy orders. In Latin-rite Catholic churches, only bishops may lawfully administer the sacrament of confirmation, but if an ordinary priest administers that sacrament illegally, it is nonetheless considered valid, so that the person confirmed cannot be confirmed again, by a bishop or otherwise. In Eastern-rite Catholic churches, confirmation is done by parish priests via the rite of chrismation, and is usually administered to neonates immediately after their baptism.
Recognition of other churches' orders
Roman Catholics recognize the validity of holy orders administered in Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches because those churches have maintained the apostolic succession of bishops, i.e., their bishops claim to be in a line of succession dating back to the Apostles, just as Catholic bishops do. Consequently, if a priest of one of those eastern churches converts to Catholicism, he is automatically a Catholic priest. Eastern Orthodox bishops can, and normally do, grant recognition to the holy orders of converts who were earlier ordained in the Catholic church; that is part of the policy called church economy. Anglican churches, unlike most Protestant churches, maintain the succession, their bishops being successors of English bishops who converted to Protestantism in the 16th century. A controversy in the Catholic church over the question of whether Anglican holy orders are valid was dogmatically settled by Pope Leo XIII in 1896, who wrote that Anglican orders lack validity because the rite by which priests are ordained is not correctly performed. Eastern Orthodox bishops generally grant "economy" when Anglican priests convert to Orthodoxy. Catholics do not recognize ordination of ministers in Protestant churches that do not maintain the apostolic succesion.
Marriage and holy orders
See clerical celibacy for a more detailed discussion.
Married men may be ordained to the diaconate as Permanent Deacons, but in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church may not be ordained to the priesthood. In the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church married deacons may be ordained priests, but may not become bishops. Bishops in the Eastern Rites and the Eastern Orthodox churches are drawn only from among monks, who have taken a vow of celibacy.
There are cases of permanent deacons who, left widowed by the death of a wife, have been ordained to the priesthood. There have been some situations in which men previously married and ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Church have been ordained to the Catholic priesthood and allowed to function much as an Eastern Rite priest but in a Latin Rite setting.
Chastity and celibacy
There is a difference between chastity and celibacy. Celibacy is the state of not being married, so a vow of celibacy is a promise not to enter into marriage but instead to consecrate one's life to service (in other words, "married to God"). Chastity, a virtue expected of all Christians, is the state of sexual purity; for a vowed celibate, or for the single person, chastity means the avoidance of sex. For the married person, chastity means the practice of sex only with the spouse, and even carries the expectation of intercourse with the spouse preferably at the sole scope of reproduction.
Not all priests have lived up to these ideals: see Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal.
See also: clergy
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A priest is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. There are priests in some branches of Christianity, Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many, many others, though each culture has a local denomination for the priestly office. Priests are generally regarded as having good contact with the gods of the religion he or she ascribes to, and other believers will often turn to a priest for advice on matters spiritual.In ancient Judaism, the tribe of Kohanim were hereditary priests.
In many religions, being a priest is a full time assignment, ruling out any other career. In many other religions it is a position inherited in familial line.
In the Christian context, some confusion is caused for English speakers by two different Greek words traditionally translated as priest. Both occur in the New Testament, which draws a distinction not always observed in English. The first, presbyteros (πρεσβυτερος), Latin presbyter, is traditionally translated priest; literally, it means elder. The second, hiereus ('ιερευς), Latin sacerdos, refers to priests who offer sacrifices, such as the priesthood of the Jewish Temple, or the priests of pagan gods. The Epistle to the Hebrews draws a distinction between the two types of priesthood; it teaches that atonement by Jesus Christ has made the hiereus or sacerdotal priesthood redundant, in terms of the sacrifices the Jews previously offered. Catholics and Orthodox believe that there is a new priesthood, which offers the sacrifice of Jesus in the form of the Eucharist.
In Eastern Orthodoxy, a priest is sometimes also called a "presbyter" or elder. Priests are considered clergy; a priest can only be ordained by a bishop and with the "axios" or affirmation of the laity of his parish. Only men may become priests; traditionally the minimum age has been 35 in many jurisdictions, although exceptions are made from time to time at the bishop's discretion.
In Roman Catholicism only men may become priests. Priests also cannot marry in the Latin rites of the Roman Catholic church. In most branches of the Anglican church both men and women can become priests and there are no restrictions on marriage. See clerical celibacy for more details of marriage rules in Catholic and Orthodox churches. Among the most significant liturgical acts reserved to priests are his judging and praying with laity in the Sacrament of Repentance (or Confession), and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy (or Eucharist). The presence and ministry of a priest is required for a parish to function normally.
Some branches of Christianity, often within Protestantism, do not use the term "priest" to describe the individual who has an officiating role, because they do not believe in the idea of a sacrificial mass; instead, terms like "Minister" or "Pastor" are often used in its place.
Quakerism does not grant a special priestly role to any individual, partly because Quakers do not practice any special sacraments that require priestly mediation, and partly because they believe that the priesthood of all believers grants the potential of a spiritual and ministerial role to all individuals within the denomination, regardless of sex or status within the faith.
In Judaism, the rabbi is the most imporant clergyperson. However, the role of the Kohen is still extant, although much less important than in Biblical times.
Roman Catholic, Anglican, many American Episcopalian, and some Lutheran priests and pastors wear the stiff white clerical collar (informally "dog collar") around the neck during duties at church or in hospital.
Priest was also the name of a controversial British film, made in the 1994 in Liverpool. It starred Linus Roache as a Roman Catholic priest struggling between his calling as a priest in an inner-city parish and his homosexuality.
- See also monk, nun, shaman, clergy, imam, brahman
- For Catholicism, see Holy Orders.
- For The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), see Priesthood (Mormonism)
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Priest is a Korean manga (manhwa) series created by Min-Woo Hyung.
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Name Publisher ISBN
English Priest Volume 1 Tokyopop ISBN 1591820081
English Priest Volume 2 Tokyopop ISBN 159182009X
English Priest Volume 3 Tokyopop ISBN 1591820103
English Priest Volume 4 Tokyopop ISBN 159182088X
English Priest Volume 5 Tokyopop ISBN 1591822017
English Priest Volume 6 Tokyopop ISBN 1591822025
Story
The manga tells of humanity's battle against twelve angels, led by an archangel called Temozarela, who have gone against God because the angels fell out of his favour after the battle with Lucifer.
While it covers quite a few characters in some depth, the main character through the manga is Ivan Isaacs, an immortal 19th century priest in the Wild West who has sold his soul to Belial, another priest from an earlier age who is also immortal.
Characters
The main characters are as follows:
Ivan Isaacs
The main 'hero' in the story, insofar as any of the characters can be called heroes. Ivan originally started out as a mortal priest.
However, because of an essay he wrote while training to become a priest he came to the attention of a special branch of the church. This branch then approached him after he had become a priest to help unlock the secrets of an artifact called the Domas Porada, a prison which contains Temozarela, the other twelve fallen angels and Belial, who sealed himself in there in a battle with Temozarela.
Temozarela, realising that Ivan could break him and his angels out of the prison, caused the death of his sister/lover, Gena, knowing this would make Ivan temporarily insane through grief. Ivan, in his insane state, breaks Temozarela free.
Ivan, realising what he has done, makes a deal with Belial to let Belial possess him and give Ivan immortality, so that he can battle Temozarela and his angels.
Ivan then embarks on a quest to destroy the thirteen angels.
Temozarela
Temozarela is an arch-angel who fought on God's side in the war against Lucifer. However, this war caused God to lose faith in the angels and prefer humanity instead.
Temozarela, bitter at this, took twelve angels who felt the same way as he did to Earth to prove to God how flawed humans are. To do this he set up a cult to him and his angels which involved human sacrifice. However, this only made God angry and caused Temozarela to be banished to earth and imprisoned.
Temozarela persuaded Vascar de Guillon to let himself be possessed by Temozarela. Temozarela then tries to seduce Belial, but Belial resists and eventually imprisons both himself and Temozarela in the Domas Porada.
Belial (Betheal) Gavarre
Belial was originally an inquisitor in the medieval church. However, he eventually comes to preside over the case of the possessed Vascar de Guillon, who has been captured. Temozarela, inside Vascar's body, influences Belial's adoptive son, Matthew, to slaughter one of the women at the monastery where he and Belial are staying. Belial, on hearing his son confess this, becomes enraged and strangles him.
Temozarela orchestrated this to shatter Belial's faith. However, Belial realises what has happened and fights against Temozarela, eventually imprisoning himself, Temozarela and his angels in the Domas Porada.
Gena Isaacs
The natural daughter of the man who adopted Isaacs. Gena eventually falls in love with Ivan despite being his adoptive sister, but is killed by those influenced by Temozarela.
Lizzie
Lizzie was the head of a gang of outlaws. She was caught by the authorities and was to be taken by train to be hanged. However, her gang of outlaws board the train to rescue her, but they in turn get slaughtered by the undead creatures put on the train by Jarbilong, who put them there as a welcome to Ivan Isaacs, who knew would be on the train.
Jarbilong
Jarbilong is one of the twelve angels who along with Temozarela rebelled against God. He turns the townpeople of Saint Baldlas into zombies and fights against Ivan Isaacs, but is killed by Ivan.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Priest (Manga)."
Synonym: PriestSynonym: non-Christian priest (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor. |
Prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe. | |
Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal; ancient flamen, flamen; confessor, penitentiary; spiritual director. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Commander, from what I understand, if this thing goes to court, they won't need a lawyer, they'll need a priest. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.) You know, there's nothing more off-putting in a wedding than a priest with an enormous erection, yech (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis) My father was fond of saying you need three things in life--a good doctor, a forgiving priest, and a clever accountant (Schindler's List; writing credit: Steven Zaillian) Mom must have some compromising photos of the head priest with an altar boy for them to even be considering Igby (Igby Goes Down; writing credit: Burr Steers) But because of this she ended up a spinster and when her parents died she went to work for the priest at Mimet (Jean de Florette; writing credit: Claude Berri; Gérard Brach) | |
Lyrics | The priest is on the phone (Slide; performing artist: Goo Goo Dolls) And when the radical priest (Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard; performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hoodlum Priest (1961) Judge Priest (1934) The Parish Priest (1920) Priest or Medicine Man? (1914) The Priest and the Man (1913) | |
Song Titles | Close To You (performing artist: Maxi Priest) That Girl (performing artist: Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy) Set The Night To Music (performing artist: Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest) | |
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 | Figure 8. Integrating solarimeter - measures energy developed from solar radiation based on the absorption of heat by a black body. The principle this instrument was designed on was first developed by the Italian priest, Father Angelo Bellani. He invented the actinometric method which is based on physical and chemical techniques. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Priest and Nuns along Highway 128 near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | [A priest healing a possessed woman]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [A physician and a priest visit a patient]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Detailed an intelligent priest and ordered him to report it. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Good morning, Judge Priest, could I speak with you in private a minute?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Title page of History of the United States, vol. I, showing Christopher Columbus holding sword and banner, with soldiers, priest, and Indian woman kneeling before him. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Samaritan high priest and his sons with the most ancient copy of the Pentateuch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | James M. Priest, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Log home. Farm established six years ago. Priest River Peninsula, Bonner County, Idaho. See general caption 49. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Vierzehnheiligen I" by Johannes Spielhagen Commentary: "Priest enters the cathedral." | "Old church" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Priest Abílio Mendes old church, who is a never forgotten benemerit of the city of Barreiro. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks" |
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| Author | Quotation |
Denis Diderot | The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. |
Giuseppe Garibaldi | Man has created God, not God man. The priest is the personification of falsehood. |
Henry Adams | No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. |
Otto Von Bismarck-schoenhausen | The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope. |
William Blake | Embraces are cominglings from the head even to the feet, and not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But if princes have their titles in their fathers right, and it be a sufficient proof of the natural right of fathers to political authority, because they commonly were those in whose hands we find, de facto, the exercise of government: I say, if this argument be good, it will as strongly prove, that all princes, nay princes only, ought to be priests, since it is as certain, that in the beginning, the father of the family was priest, as that he was ruler in his own houshold. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers. (reference) |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | As a priest, the framework of his order inevitably hemmed him in. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The nun was the odalisque, the priest was the eunuch |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The priest rose and, turning towards the altar, knelt upon the step before the tabernacle in the fallen gloom |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | [He whispers in his ear] PRIEST. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Ghana | As a charge of the priest, the girl works in the shrine and undergoes instruction in the traditional indigenous religion. (references) |
Ghana | The girl, who is known as a Trokosi or a Fiashidi, then becomes the property of the shrine god and the charge of the shrine priest for the duration of her stay. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cameroon | Of these stations, two are religious: The Pentecostal "Radio Bonne Nouvelle" and "Radio Reine," which is managed by a Catholic priest, though not officially sponsored by the Catholic Church. (references) |
Economic History | Central African Republic | The assembly in C.A.R. was led by Barthelemy Boganda, a Catholic priest who also was known for his forthright statements in the French Assembly on the need for African emancipation. (references) |
Republic of Congo | Congo's first president was Fulbert Youlou, a former Catholic priest from the Pool region in the southeast. (references) | |
Guyana | Human rights and civil liberties were suppressed, and two major political assassinations occurred: the Jesuit Priest and journalist Bernard Darke in July 1979, and the distinguished historian and WPA Party leader Walter Rodney in June 1980. Agents of President Burnham are widely believed to have been responsible for both deaths. (references) | |
Human Rights | Central African Republic | There were no developments, and there are unlikely to be any, in the case of the six armed men, alleged to be DRC soldiers, who in 1999 allegedly raped three foreign nuns at their residence in Bangassou, near the border with the DRC, and beat a local priest. (references) |
Philippines | A new criminal-terrorist group in Mindanao, called the "Pentagon Gang" and thought to include former Muslim separatists, reportedly kidnaped an Italian priest in Zamboanga del Sur in October. (references) | |
Uganda | On November 24, unknown rebels killed one foreign Catholic priest and two other foreign persons. (references) | |
Minorities | Russia | In May the Keston News Service reported that Mufti Ravil Gaynutdin complained that a Russian Orthodox Church priest in Kolomna had called on the public to oppose construction of a mosque. (references) |
Burma | Other reports indicated that the priest was shot accidentally and the four persons taken hostage were not associated with him. (references) | |
Poland | In April a controversial Gdansk priest, Henryk Jankowski, created in his church a replica of the barn in Jedwabne in which members of that town's Jewish community were burned to death in 1941. A sign near the display accused Jews of killing Christ and persecuting Poles. (references) | |
Political Economy | Vietnam | On October 19, a Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, was sentenced to an unusually harsh 15 years in prison. (references) |
Sudan | The police did not arrest anyone, and spoke with one priest. (references) | |
Guatemala | On June 8, a court convicted an army captain, a retired army colonel, a former EMP specialist, and a Catholic priest for the 1998 murder of Catholic bishop and human rights activist Juan Gerardi Conedera. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians. |
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Dennis Miller | In the Catholic priest sex scandal, almost as shocking as the acts themselves was the way the local dioceses refused to take responsibility for their clergymen, instead shuffling them more frantically than a croupier with obsessive compulsive disorder. |
Regis Philbin | This is when you got out of the car, finally. I waited there two hours. People are driving me nuts, and you finally came out. I thought you were dressed like a priest. |
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| "Priest" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.15% of the time. "Priest" is used about 2,120 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.15% | 2,102 | 4,136 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.85% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,120 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "priest" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Priest | Last name | 6,000 | 2,183 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "priest". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Preston | Male | English | A priest town |
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Expressions using "priest": assistant priest ♦ chief priest ♦ Hedge priest ♦ high priest ♦ parish priest ♦ priest like ♦ Priest Point ♦ priest ridden ♦ Priest River ♦ serve as a priest ♦ voodoo priest. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "priest": priest-administrator, priest-doctor, priest-hole, priest-in-charge, priest-king, priest-like, priest-magicians, priest-penitent privilege, priest-physician, Priest-ridden, priest-school, priest-slayer, priest-son, priest-sons, priest-turned-pirate, priest-worker. | |
Ending with "priest": ex-priest. | |
Containing "priest": mystic-priest-saint. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
judas priest | 832 | gay priest | 17 |
priest | 246 | high priest | 17 |
lee priest | 244 | priest sexual abuse | 16 |
maxi priest | 108 | priest lake id | 16 |
judas priest lyrics | 85 | priest serrano v | 16 |
priest lake | 83 | j lake percy priest | 14 |
priest holmes | 81 | priest river | 14 |
catholic priest | 71 | eric priest | 14 |
priest lake idaho | 68 | judas priest guitar tab | 14 |
killah priest | 65 | picture priest | 13 |
judas priest tab | 61 | heaven high in priest | 12 |
priest river idaho | 59 | judas priest picture | 12 |
percy priest lake | 48 | rent priest | 11 |
pat priest | 42 | catholic directory priest | 11 |
priest joke | 35 | priest clothing | 11 |
thelen reid and priest | 32 | percy priest | 11 |
priest abuse | 20 | killa priest | 11 |
judas priest discography | 18 | cathy priest | 11 |
judas priest mp3 | 17 | bonny priest | 11 |
lyrics maxi priest | 17 | bass judas priest tab | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "priest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prift (beneficiary, camister, churchman, divine, jack-priest, josser, presbyter). (various references) | |
Arabic | كاهن (cassock, clergyman, clerical, cohen, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, presbyter, rector, reverend, vicar), قسيس (clergyman, curate, pastor, vicar), قس (clergyman, minister, vicar), أصبح كاهن. (various references) | |
Basque | apez. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свещеник (camister, cassock, chaplain, clergyman, dominie, minister, parson, pastor, presbyter, secular, sky pilot, vicar), ръкополагам за свещеник, чук за убиване на риба, запопвам (frock), жрец (shaman, votary), поп (king, picture card, pop, shaveling, sky pilot). (various references) | |
Catalan | sacerdot. (various references) | |
Chinese | 牧師 (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, parson, pastor, rector), 祭司 , 教士 (Priesthood). (various references) | |
Czech | knìz (parson). (various references) | |
Danish | præst (clergyman, pastor, preacher). (various references) | |
Dutch | pastor (clergyman, pastor), pastoor (clergyman, pastor, vicar). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pastro (clergyman, pastor), sacerdoto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | prestur (clergyman, pastor). (various references) | |
Farsi | مچتهد, کشیشی کردن , کشیش (Cassock, Clergyman, Cleric, Divine, Ecclesiastic, Minister, Provost), روحانی (Clergyman, Ethereal, Heavenly, Religious, Sacred, Unworldly). (various references) | |
Finnish | pappi (chaplain minister, clergyman, pastor). (various references) | |
French | prêtre (presbyter), curé. (various references) | |
Frisian | preester, pastoar (clergyman, pastor, vicar). (various references) | |
German | Priester (churchman, clergyman, pastor, priestliness, shaman, shamans), Pfarrer (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, father, minister, padre, parish priest, parson, parsons, pastor, rector, rectorship, Reverend, vicar), Geistliche (chaplain, clergy, clergyman, minister, pastor, reverend). (various references) | |
Greek | ιερεύσ (parson, pastor, skypilot), παπάσ (padre, parson, tongs), παπάς (basking shark). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | prift. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כוהן (minister, parson, vicar), גלח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | katolikus pap. (various references) | |
Icelandic | prestur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | imam (head, leader). (various references) | |
Irish | sagart (clergyman, pastor). (various references) | |
Italian | sacerdote, prete (clergyman, padre, parson, pastor), sacerdate (clergyman, pastor), curato (clergyman, curate, groomed, pastor, tidy, trimly, vicar). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 祭主 (head priest of the Ise Shrine), 祭司 , プラント輸出 (angrily, export of manufacturing plant, in a huff, in anger, plait, planner, planning, pleat, pleated skirt, pre-, pre-amplifier, preference, prefix, preprocessor, prerecording, preset, pretty, pretty-print, prima ballerina, prima donna, primitive, primitive art, prince, Prince Edward Island, prince melon, princess, princess coat, principle, printer, prism, pudding), 僧侶 (monk), 僧 (monk), パチンコ台 (glassed-over arcade, pachinkomachine, pack, package, package media, package program, package tour, packaging, Packard, packing, pad, paddle, paddling, paddock, Panama, Panamax, Panasert hole, panavision, pap, passage, passenger, passing, passion, passionate, passive, passive smoking, passive solar house, passive sonar, pat, patch, patch test, patchwork, pate, patent, pathos, patio, patriotism, patrol, patrol car, patron, patting, puck, putt, putting, putting green, putty, rotating warning light similar to the one on a "patokaa."), 入道 (entering the priesthood), 出家 (entering the priesthood, monk), 大徳 (virtuous priest), 司祭 (rabbi). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | プリースト , パテレン , しさい (circumstances, hindrance, interference, municipal bond, obstruction, particulars, poetic genius, rabbi, reasons, significance, talent for poetry), そうりょ (monk), そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, conception, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ever, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, never, once before, originate, phase, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole), しゅっけ (entering the priesthood, monk), さいしゅ (collecting, creditor, harvesting, head priest of the Ise Shrine, master of religious ceremonies, picking), さいし (clever man, festival, filament, reconsideration, religious service, ritual, talented man, wife and children), にゅうどう (entering the priesthood), だいとく (virtuous priest). (various references) | |
Korean | 성직자 (Churchman, Churchmen, Clergy, Clergyman, Clergymen, Cleric, Ecclesiastic, minister). (various references) | |
Manx | saggyrt (churchman, clergyman, clerk holy orders; lesser black backed gull; grey gurnard, clerk; lesser black backed gull; grey gurnard, padre, parson, vicar). (various references) | |
Maya | yun-h-kiin. (various references) | |
Occitan | capelan. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iestpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sacerdote (clergyman, divine, father, obedientiary, officer, parson, pastor, votary), padre (clergyman, clerical, divine, father, minister, pastor, shaveling), clérigo (clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, oriole, pastor). (various references) | |
Romanian | preot (Canon, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, curate, devil-dodger, divine, father, incumbent, minister, padre, parson, pastor, pope, preacher, prelate, presbyter, rector, Reverend, rook, vicar), sacerdot, cleric (clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
Russian | священник (celebrant, chaplain, circuit rider, clergyman, dominie, jack-priest, josser, minister, officiant, ordinary, parson, prelate, presbyter, sky pilot, the Reverend gentleman). (various references) | |
Scottish | sagart (a priest). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pop, paroh (curate, parishioner, parson, vicar), sveštenik (churchman, clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, minister, pastor, reverend, vicar). (various references) | |
Spanish | sacerdote (churchman, deacon, parson, pilot, sky pilot), preste, cura (churchman, clergyman, curate, cure, dominie, josser, medication, parson, pastor, Reverend, treatment, vicar). (various references) | |
Sranan | domri (clergyman, pastor). (various references) | |
Swedish | präst (clergyman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, jack-priest, minister, padre, parson, pastor, priestling, Reverend, vicar), katolsk präst (pastor, vicar). (various references) | |
Turkish | papaz (celebrant, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, clerk in holy orders, dominie, father, hiero-, josser, king, minister, monk, parish, parson, pastor, shaveling, sky pilot), rahip (clergy, clergyman, cleric, clerk in holy orders, divine, dominie, magus, monk, parson, sky pilot), keşiş (friar, hermit, monastic, monk, recluse, regular, shaveling). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | священнослужитель (ecclesiastic), священик (cassock, chaplain, clergyman, curate, deacon, divine, josser, minister, parson, pope, prelate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thầy tu (cloisterer, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, monk, shaveling). (various references) | |
Welsh | periglor (incumbent), offeiriad (clergyman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aeditui, aedituorum, presbyteri, presbyteris, presbyterorum, presbyteros, presbyterum, sacerdos, sacerdote, sacerdotem, sacerdotes, sacerdotesque, sacerdoti, sacerdotibus, sacerdotis, sacerdotium, sacerdotum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | âthrava, athaurunem, zaota. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | presbyter. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | preost. (various references) |
| Irish | 1000-Modern | drui. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 62 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anastaV o arciereuV eipen autw ouden apokrinh ti outoi sou katamarturousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et surgens princeps sacerdotum ait illi nihil respondes ad ea quae isti adversum te testificantur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa aras se ealdor þare sacerda & cwæð. Ne andswerest þu nan þing ongen þa. þeþas þing þe an-seggeð. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the prince of prestis roos, and seide to hym, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis, that these witnessen ayens thee? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the chefe preste arose and sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it yt these beare witnes ageynst the? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what is it which these testify against thee? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 62 |
| Cebuano | Ug mitindog ang labawng sacerdote ug miingon kaniya, "Wala ka bay ikatubag? Unsa ba kining gipamatuod niining mga tawhana batok kanimo?" |
| Chinese | 大 祭 司 就 站 起 來 、 對 耶 穌 說 、 你 甚 麼 都 不 回 答 麼 ． 這 些 人 作 見 證 告 你 的 是 甚 麼 呢 。 |
| Croatian | Usta nato veliki sveæenik i reèe mu: "Zar ništa ne odgovaraš? Što to ovi protiv tebe svjedoèe?" |
| Danish | Og Ypperstepræsten stod op og sagde til ham: "Svarer du intet på, hvad disse vidne imod dig?" |
| Dutch | En de hogepriester, opstaande, zeide tot Hem: Antwoordt Gij niets? Wat getuigen dezen tegen U? |
| Finnish | Silloin ylimmäinen pappi nousi ja sanoi hänelle: "Etkö vastaa mitään siihen, mitä nämä todistavat sinua vastaan?" |
| French | Le souverain sacrificateur se leva, et lui dit: Ne réponds-tu rien? Qu`est-ce que ces hommes déposent contre toi? |
| German | Und der Hohepriester stand auf und sprach zu ihm: Antwortest du nichts zu dem, was diese wider dich zeugen? |
| Haitian Creole | Granprèt la leve, li di Jezi: Ou pa reponn anyen? Kisa mesye yo ap di sou ou konsa? |
| Hungarian | És fölkelvén a fõpap, monda néki: Semmit sem felelsz-é? Micsoda tanúbizonyságot tesznek ezek ellened? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu imam agung berdiri, dan berkata kepada Yesus, "Apakah Engkau tidak menjawab tuduhan yang ditujukan kepada-Mu itu?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka berdiri tegaklah Imam Besar itu serta berkata kepada-Nya, "Tiadakah Engkau menyahut sesuatu pun? Apakah yang disaksikan orang ini atas Engkau?" |
| Italian | Alzatosi il sommo sacerdote gli disse: «Non rispondi nulla? Che cosa testimoniano costoro contro di te?». |
| Manx Gaelic | As hass yn ard-saggyrt seose, as dooyrt eh rish, Nagh vel oo cur ansoor? cre shoh t'ad dy lhiassaghey dt'oi? |
| Maori | Na kua whakatika te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, Kahore au kupu? he aha ta enei e whakaatu nei mou? |
| Norwegian | Da stod ypperstepresten op og sa til ham: Svarer du ikke på det som disse vidner mot dig? |
| Portuguese | Levantou-se então o sumo sacerdote e perguntou-lhe: Nada respondes? Que é que estes depõem contra ti? |
| Rumanian | Marele preot s`a sculat kn picioare, wi I -a zis: ,,Nu rqspunzi nimic? Ce mqrturisesc acewtia kmpotriva Ta?`` |
| Shuar | Nuyá Israer-patri uuntri wajaki Jesusan Tímiayi "¿Aimtsumek. Turamainia nusha anturmammek?" |
| Swahili | Kuhani Mkuu akasimama, akamwuliza Yesu, "Je, hujibu neno? Watu hawa wanashuhudia nini dhidi yako?" |
| Swedish | Då stod översteprästen upp och sade till honom: "Svarar du intet? Huru är det med det som dessa vittna mot dig?" |
| Uma | Kamokore-nami Imam Bohe pai' -i mpo'uli' -ki Yesus: "Ha uma nutompoi' -ra to mpakilu-ko toe-e?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "priest": priested, priestess, priestesses, priesthood, priesthoods, priesting, priestlier, priestliest, priestliness, priestlinesses, priestly, priests. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "priest": archpriest, spriest. (additional references) | |
Words containing "priest": archpriests. (additional references) | |
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"Priest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Briest, perviest, phist, phries, Piast, piesta, pieste, piret, piriets, Prasert, prayest, preist, preit, Prestt, preust, prevest, pridest, Priese, Priess, priested, Priester, Priesty, priets, priety, pripet, prist, prius, priust, privest, proact, pruest, pruet, Pryseg, prysg, pryt, riest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "priest" (pronounced prē"st) |
| 4 | -r ē" s t | decreased, greased, increased. |
| 3 | -ē" s t | beast, ceased, deceased, East, feast, fleeced, leased, least, ne, northeast, pieced, policed, released, southeast, yeast. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: esprit, ripest, sprite, stripe, tripes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: peris, piers, piste, prest, pries, prise, ripes, rites, speir, spier, spire, spirt, spite, sprit, stipe, stirp, strep, strip, tiers, tires, tries, tripe, trips. | |
-2 letters: erst, ires, peri, pert, pest, pets, pier, pies, pits, reis, reps, rest, rets, ripe, rips, rise, rite, sept, sipe, sire, site, spit, step, stir, tier, ties, tips, tire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: esprits, hipster, imprest, parties, pastier, permits, persist, pestier, piaster, piastre, pirates, pitiers, presift, priests, privets, prostie, pterins, pyrites, reposit, respite, resplit, riposte, ropiest, spirted, spitter, spriest, sprites, stirpes, striped, striper, stripes, tippers, tipsier, tipster, traipse, triceps, triples. | |
+2 letters: asperity, aspirate, crepiest, crispate, crispest, cuprites, diopters, dioptres, disputer, emptiers, epistler, firepots, grapiest, gripiest, hipsters, imposter, imprests, imputers, overtips, painters, pantries, parasite, paretics, parietes, parities, partiers, pastries, peltries, periapts, peridots, perkiest, perlites, persists, pertains, philters, philtres, piasters, piastres, picrates, picrites, pictures, piecrust, pieforts, pierrots, pilaster, pinaster, pitchers, plaister, plaiters, poetiser, poetries, pointers, poitrels, porkiest, porniest, postfire, practise, predicts, preedits, preexist, presifts, presplit, prestige, pretrims, pretties, priciest, prickets, priested, priestly, primates, primmest, printers, pristane, pristine, privates, priviest, prosiest, prosties, proteids, proteins, purities, pursiest, puttiers, quipster, rapidest, raspiest, receipts, repaints, reposits, reprints, reptiles, rescript, respited, respites, resplits, riposted, ripostes, ripplets, riptides, roupiest, scripted, scripter, septaria, sorptive, spinster, spiriest, spirited, spitfire, spitters, splinter, splitter, sportier, sportive, spottier, sprinted, sprinter, spritzed, spritzer, spritzes, stippler, stripers, stripier, stripped, stripper, stumpier, stupider, superhit, tiderips, tipplers, tipsters, topsider, traipsed, traipses, triphase, triplets, triposes, trippers, trippets, trophies, tropines, unripest, wiretaps, writeups, yperites. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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