priest
English
/ˈpɹiːst/
noun
Definitions
- a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
- a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
- (Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English prest (priest, ready, alert, eager) inherited from Old English prēost, preost (priest) derived from Latin presbyter (elder, priest) derived from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (elder, older, senior) derived from Old French prestre.
Origin
Old French
prestre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archpriest English
- archpriesthood English
- cap English
- choke English
- choke-priest English
- kill English
- kill-priest English
- king English
- nonpriestly English
- presbyter English
- prester English
- priest-king English
- priest-ridden English
- priestcap English
- priestcraft English
- priestdom English
- priestery English
- priestess English
- priestesshood English
- priestesslike English
- priesthood English
- priesting English
- priestish English
- priestism English
- priestless English
- priestlessness English
- priestlike English
- priestliness English
- priestling English
- priestly English
- priestress English
- priestship English
- protopriest English
- underpriest English
- unpriest English
- unpriestly English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- presbyter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- presbitero Italian
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- πρεσβύτερος Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- parissh prest Middle English
- prest Middle English
- presthed Middle English
- presthode Middle English
- prestly Middle English
- underprest Middle English
- preispitéir Irish
- prest Old French
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- prestre Middle French
- preire Occitan
- preste Old Spanish
- priast Dalmatian
- pristut Chuukese
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prit Romagnol
- cap
- kill
- king
- choke
- prester
- unpriest
- priestly
- priestcap
- priesting
- priestish
- presbyter
- priestess
- priestery
- priestism
- priestdom
- priestlike
- priestless
- archpriest
- priestship
- priestling
- priesthood
- unpriestly
- priestress
- priestcraft
- protopriest
- kill-priest
- nonpriestly
- underpriest
- priest-king
- priestliness
- choke-priest
- priestesshood
- priest-ridden
- priestesslike
- archpriesthood
- priestlessness