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priest

noun
 
🔊/priːst/
🔊/priːst/
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  1.  
     a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches（天主教、圣公会、东正教的）司祭，神父，司铎
    • a parish priest堂区司铎
    • the ordination of women priests女司祭的授职礼
    • The candles had been blessed by a priest.蜡烛是由一个牧师祝福的。
    • the priest who was celebrating Mass主持弥撒的神父
    • Only one or two new priests were ordained each year. 每年只任命一两个新的牧师。
    compare chaplain, clergyman, minister, vicarTopics Religion and festivalsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • parish
    • village
    • …
    verb + priest
    • become
    • be ordained (as)
    priest + verb
    • celebrate something
    • officiate (at something)
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  2.  
    (feminine priestess
    🔊/ˌpriːˈstes/
    🔊/ˈpriːstəs/
    )
    a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian（非基督教会的）教士，祭司，僧侣
    • a Hindu/Buddhist priest印度/佛教牧师
    see also high priest
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • high
    • temple
    • …
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    3. Word OriginOld English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’, from Greek presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’.