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Meanings of priest in English

Russian
поп
Portuguese
sacerdote
Spanish
padre
Catalan
sacerdot
Wikidata
f. priestess

Religious occupation.

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        поп
        Wikidata

        Blunt instrument for killing fish or other game.

              Portuguese
              padre
              Catalan
              sacerdot
              Spanish
              sacerdote

              A person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion.

                    padre

                    A minister of the Catholic church empowered to administer the sacraments, most particularly that of the Eucharist or Holy Communion, as well as those of confession and extreme unction.

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                          Usage of priest in English
                          1
                          The high priest said to Houphouët, 'All right, you want eternal power.
                          The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
                          2
                          The young priest developed a lively student discussion and social action group.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          The priest-captain knows immediately upon awakening that something has, indeed, gone wrong.
                          The Hyperion Cantos
                          4
                          The duties of the priest were confined to ministration in the temple.
                          History of the Conquest of Peru
                          5
                          The priest had been greatly interested in the mission of the knight.
                          In the Court of King Arthur
                          6
                          The priest moved about in the moonlight trying to comfort the people.
                          The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
                          7
                          The stranger started for it; but turned back on seeing the priest.
                          The City and the World and Other Stories
                          8
                          And in a moment I was at the side of the priest.
                          In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
                          9
                          The religious element in Socialism had found in him its high priest.
                          The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
                          10
                          The latter, the priest of the oracle answered in his own language.
                          The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch / Being Parts of the "Lives" of Pl...
                          11
                          This was not quite what the priest had meant by his question.
                          A Case of Conscience
                          12
                          Take the priest with you; I will see to the wounded here.
                          At Agincourt
                          13
                          I had news from a priest in the diocese of the Coadjutor.
                          London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
                          14
                          Not in the least discouraged were the Manichees: they sent another priest.
                          Saint Augustin
                          15
                          He was the arch-priest of all sensationalism in the guise of logic.
                          Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
                          16
                          The old priest grew drowsy in the warm sunlight and fell asleep.
                          AE in the Irish Theosophist
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