priest
US: /ˈpɹist/
UK: /pɹˈiːst/
UK: /pɹˈiːst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
priest /pri:st/
- danh từ
- thầy tu, thầy tế
- vồ đập cá (Ai-len)
- ngoại động từ
- làm (ai) trở thành thầy tu (ai) trở thành thầy tế
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches: a parish priest + the ordination of women priests
Compare: CHAPLAIN, CLERGYMAN, MINISTER, VICAR
2 (feminine priestess ) a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
priestess, clergyman or clergywoman, ecclesiastic, cleric, churchman or churchwoman, reverend, vicar, divine, man or woman of the cloth, man or woman of God, curate, confessor, minister (of the Gospel), servant of God, father, mother, holy man or woman, preacher, missionary, evangelist, abbé, abbot or abbess, Colloq padre:
The high priest muttered some incantations over the body of the sacrificial victim.
Collocation dictionary
1 in Christianity
ADJ.
local, parish, village | celibate | married | woman | Anglican, (Roman) Catholic, Jesuit, etc.
VERB + PRIEST
become, be ordained (as)
PRIEST + VERB
celebrate sth, officiate (at sth)
the priest who was celebrating Mass
2 in some other religions
ADJ.
chief, high
a ceremony led by the High Priest (figurative) He was considered the high priest of finance at that time.
| temple | Brahmin, Buddhist, etc.
Concise English dictionary
priestess|priests|priestessesprɪːst
noun
+a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
+a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
