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. Peter Isely:

   What is most important about the Pope’s speech is what he did not say. He did not say that he will change church law so that any priest who has sexually abused a child will be permanently removed from ministry, he did not say that any bishop who has been proven to have covered up sex crimes will be removed from office. Until he at least says and does that, nothing else he says and does will be effective in ending the crisis.

2. Edward Kwon:

   Please don't laugh about it -- I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.

3. 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.

4. Donald Trump:

   Under this rule, if a pastor, priest or imam speaks about issues of public or political importance, they are threatened with the loss of their tax exempt status -- a crippling financial punishment, very, very unfair. But no longer.

5. Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson:

   There is a skewed vision because the Marvel version is like a Shakespeare, we certainly enjoy them but don’t see them as religious in any sense. The priest said the gods are viewed as mystical and symbolic. Most modern worshipers don’t consider them to be living beings that are capable of flying down from the clouds.