| father |
a priest. [1/10 definitions] |
| father confessor |
a priest who hears confessions, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| haruspex |
a minor priest and soothsayer in ancient Rome who foretold the future by inspecting the vital organs of sacrificial animals. |
| hierarch |
one who holds a position of authority in a hierarchy, esp. an ecclesiastical one; high priest. |
| high priestess |
a woman who functions as a high priest. |
| holy water |
in the Roman Catholic Church, water blessed by a priest and used for certain religious purposes. |
| lama |
a priest of the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Mongolia. |
| last rites |
sacraments administered by a priest to a person near death; extreme unction. [1/2 definitions] |
| Low Mass |
a mass that is recited, rather than sung, by one priest assisted by one acolyte. |
| major order |
the rank of deacon, priest, or bishop, as in the Roman Catholic or Episcopal churches. |
| man of God |
a priest, minister, or rabbi; clergyman. [1/2 definitions] |
| neophyte |
a novice or newly ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. [1/3 definitions] |
| oracle |
in ancient Greece, a shrine, priest, or priestess dedicated to a god and often consulted for prophecies or advice. [1/3 definitions] |
| ordain |
to proclaim or authorize (a person) to be a Christian priest or minister, or a rabbi, esp. by a formal ceremony. [1/4 definitions] |
| Óscar Romero |
El Salvadoran Roman Catholic priest who was assassinated in retaliation for his social and political activity; born Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (b.1917--d.1980). |
| padre |
father (a form of address used for a priest in Spanish-speaking countries). |
| pastor |
a minister or priest in charge of a church or congregation. |
| Pauli Murray |
American civil rights and women's rights activist, lawyer, author, and Episcopal priest (b.1910--d.1985). |
| pope |
a priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| presbyter |
an elder who served as teacher, priest, and administrator in the early Christian church. [2/3 definitions] |