confessional
Webster Dictionary
the recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others
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ablution
Webster Dictionary
a small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest
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priestly
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell
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father
(ˈfɑ ðər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a priest or a title for a priest.
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ephod
Webster Dictionary
a part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front
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cure
Webster Dictionary
spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure
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priestess
(priestess)
Princeton's WordNet
a woman priest
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unpriestly
(unpriestly)
Princeton's WordNet
not priestly; unbefitting a priest
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celebrant
(celebrant)
Princeton's WordNet
an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist
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canon
(canon)
Princeton's WordNet
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
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lama
(lama)
Princeton's WordNet
a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
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confessor
(confessor)
Princeton's WordNet
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
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priestcraft
(priestcraft)
Princeton's WordNet
the skills involved in the work of a priest
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priestly
(priestly, priestlike)
Princeton's WordNet
befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
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priestlike
(priestly, priestlike)
Princeton's WordNet
befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
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flamen
(flamen)
Princeton's WordNet
a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
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tonsure
(tonsure)
Princeton's WordNet
the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
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confessional
(confessional)
Princeton's WordNet
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
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holy water
(holy water)
Princeton's WordNet
water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
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confess
(confess)
Princeton's WordNet
confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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bacchant
(bacchant)
Princeton's WordNet
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
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vicar
(vicar)
Princeton's WordNet
(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
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father brown
(Father Brown)
Princeton's WordNet
a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
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absolution
(absolution)
Princeton's WordNet
the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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ablution
(ablution)
Princeton's WordNet
the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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p.
(pi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
priest.
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pr.
(ɒtˈswoʊ li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Priest.
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druid
(Druid)
Princeton's WordNet
a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
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litany
(Litany)
Princeton's WordNet
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
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votary
(votary)
Princeton's WordNet
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
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