priest

priest is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A presbyter elder; a minister. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A presbyter elder; a minister
2. noun. One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. transitive verb. To ordain as priest.
6. noun. a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
7. noun. a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in priest:

esprit, pteris, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes

Common word forms

priests, priestal, priested, priestly, priesting, priestless

Words from these letters

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