Definitions for PRIESTprist

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

priestprist(n.)

(in Christian use) a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office; a member of the clergy; minister. (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clergy of the order next below that of bishop, authorized to carry out the Christian ministry.
Category: Religion
a minister of any religion.
one whose office it is to perform religious rites, esp. to make sacrificial offerings.
(v.t.)to ordain as a priest.

Origin of priest:

bef. 900; ME prest(e), priest, OE prēost, ult. < LL presbyterpresbyter

Princeton's WordNet

priest(noun)
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
priest, non-Christian priest(noun)
a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

priest(noun)prist
sb who carries out religious duties

Wiktionary

priest(Noun)
A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
priest(Noun)
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
priest(Noun)
The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

Origin: From preist, preest, from preost, from presbyter, from πρεσβύτερος, from πρέσβυς. Reinforced in Middle English by prestre, also from Latin presbyter.

Webster Dictionary

Priest(noun)
a presbyter elder; a minister
Priest(noun)
one who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power
Priest(noun)
a presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation
Priest(noun)
one who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests
Priest(verb)
to ordain as priest

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Priest
properly a man in touch with the religious life of the people, and for the most part consecrated to mediate between them and the Deity; the prophet, on the other hand, being one more in touch with the Deity, being at times so close to Him as to require a priest to mediate between him and the laity.