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Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  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:
    non-Christian priest

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. priestnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "priest":

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

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rankingword
#1692father
#7708priest
#9023pastor
#9849shepherd
#18982preacher
#24462padre
#29409vicar
#36615pasteur
#37294parson
#47912clergyman
#149079priester

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  1. Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson:

    There is a skewed vision because the Marvel version is like a Shakespeare, we certainly enjoy them but don’t see them as religious in any sense. The priest said the gods are viewed as mystical and symbolic. Most modern worshipers don’t consider them to be living beings that are capable of flying down from the clouds.

  2. Tricia Messeroux:

    We had to spend all night creating this flower wall as best we possibly could, and the gown for the priest, I literally glued that myself. Yes, I glued a whole gown together myself, with my friends, overnight last night.

  3. Lynda De La Vina:

    We were accusing a priest that -- in those days priests were infallible.

  4. Edgardo Rivera:

    I am a missionary priest announcing the Gospel in a place that is not my culture, i have to learn.

  5. Martin Luther:

    Christ will remain a priest and king though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those shavelings but he was ordained and consecrated by God Himself, and by Him anointed.


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