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priest

noun
(ローマカトリック教会・英国国教会・ギリシャ正教会における)聖職者, 司祭 (!プロテスタント諸派ではminister(牧師)が普通)
(キリスト教以外の宗教の)聖職者, 僧, 神官(→ priestess)
2. (in full fish priest) a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling. with allusion to the priest's function in performing the last rites.

verb with object (usually be priested) formal
…を聖職者[司祭, 牧師]に任命する

DERIVATIVES
priestlike |ˈprēs(t)ˌlīk| adjective

ORIGIN
Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyterelder’ (see presbyter).