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