Synonyms for Priest
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1. priestnoun

   a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

   Synonyms:
   non-Christian priest

2. priest, non-Christian priestnoun

   a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

   Synonyms:
   priest, non-Christian priest

Matched Categories

1. • Holy Order
   • Clergyman

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. priestnoun

   Synonyms:
   clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. priestnoun

   Synonyms:
   presbyter, minister, rector, padre (Sp. Amer. and India), flamen (Rom. Antiq.), hierophant, hierarch, hieromartyr

   Associated words:
   acolyte, hierarchy, hierocracy, hagiarchy, exeat, hierarchism, hierarchal, hieratic, hagiocracy, unfrock, ordain, ordination, sacerdotalism, pontificate, pontific, pontifical, priesthood, holy orders, priestcraft, priest-ridden, soutane, cassock, vestments, canonicals, rectory, incumbent

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1. List of paraphrases for "priest":

   priester, preacher, pastor, clergyman, vicar, parson, padre, shepherd, pasteur, father

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1. Sofronio Bancud:

   No priest, and no human being for that matter, deserves to be killed with utter brutality, disrespect and impunity, to kill a priest then, for whatever motive or cause, is not only unChristian and inhuman ; it is also un-Filipino.

2. Charles Baudelaire:

   There exist only three beings worthy of respect the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

3. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

4. Saint Francis Xavier:

   It is impossible to find a saint who did not take the “two P’s” seriously: prayer and penance. –St. Francis Xavier, Priest

5. Wieland:

   It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbours. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, accused as he was of heresy by the chief priest Eurymedon, it was because he took to his heels in time.