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Showing words for PRIEST using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Priest

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

5 Letter Words for Priest

epist, epris, iters, peris, perit, perst, perts, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piste, pries, reist, resit, retip, ripes, rites, siper, speir, spier, spire, spite, spret, sprit, steri, stipe, stire, stirp, strep, strip, tiers, tires, tries, tripe, trips

4 Letter Words for Priest

epit, eris, erst, ipse, ires, irpe, iter, peri, pers, pert, pest, pets, pier, pies, piet, pirs, pise, pist, pits, pres, pret, prie, reit, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, ries, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, seir, seit, sept, sert, sier, sipe, sire, site, spet, spie, spit, step, ster, stie, stir, stre, terp, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, tres, trie, trip

3 Letter Words for Priest

eir, epi, ers, ert, esp, esr, est, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, per, pes, pet, pie, pir, pis, pit, pre, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, rei, rep, res, rie, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, sei, sep, ser, set, sie, sip, sir, sit, spt, sri, str, ter, tes, tie, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp

Definitions for Priest

[1] a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
[2] (in Christian use) a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office; a member of the clergy; minister. (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clergy of the order next below that of bishop, authorized to carry out the Christian ministry.
[3] a minister of any religion.
[4] to ordain as a priest.
[5] Christianity a person ordained to act as a mediator between God and man in administering the sacraments, preaching, blessing, guiding, etc
[6] (in episcopal Churches) a minister in the second grade of the hierarchy of holy orders, ranking below a bishop but above a deacon
[7] a minister of any religion
[8] Judaism a descendant of the family of Aaron who has certain privileges in the synagogue service
[9] (in some non-Christian religions) an official who offers sacrifice on behalf of the people and performs other religious ceremonies
[10] (sometimes capital) a variety of fancy pigeon having a bald pate with a crest or peak at the back of the head
[11] angling a small club used to kill fish caught
[12] to make a priest; ordain

Words related to Priest

cleric, father, monk, preacher, elder, rector, lama, friar, vicar, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, pontiff, padre, clergyperson

Words nearby Priest

pride's purge, pride-of-california, prie, prie-dieu, prier, priest, priest-hole, priest-ridden, priestcraft, priestess, priestfish

Origin of Priest

before 900; Middle English prest(e ), priest, Old English prēost, ultimately < Late Latin presbyter presbyter

Words that may be confused with Priest

clergy, cleric, imam, minister, pastor, priest, rabbi

Other words from Priest

priest·less , adjective
priest·like , adjective, adverb
an·ti·priest , adjective
un·der·priest , noun
un·priest·like , adjective, adverb
Related adjective: hieratic

Word origin for Priest

Old English prēost, apparently from presbyter ; related to Old High German prēster, Old French prestre

Synonyms for Priest

cleric, elder, father, friar, lama, monk, preacher, rector, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, padre, pontiff, vicar, clergyperson, father confessor, holy man, man of God, man of the cloth