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:
   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. 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.

2. Jared Kushner:

   The priest comes later.

3. Edward Fine:

   The woman who gave me the wet paper towel as we descended the stairs and which I later used to breathe through; the firefighters who were ascending the stairs as we were descending; the Catholic priest who put his hand on my shoulder and prayed for us as we lay on the street being covered by dust and debris, then there was the bus driver who took us uptown… those people all come to my mind.

4. Charles Baudelaire, Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII:

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

5. Alberto Ceresoli:

   These are people who die alone and who are buried alone. They didnt have someone hold their hand and the funerals have to be tiny, with a quick prayer from the priest, many of the close relatives are in quarantine.