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nouna person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
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nouna clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orderstype of:
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- father `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- hero (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- confess confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
- response a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- bishop a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- confession (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- aaron (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf
- cope a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
- veil a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- dominic (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)