D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Priest

/prēst/ · IPA /ˈpɹiːst/
01 n. A presbyter elder; a minister
  1. 1.
    A presbyter elder; a minister(Christian Church)
  2. 2.
    One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.
    “Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people.” — Acts xiv. 13.
    “Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.” — Heb. v. 1.
02 v. t. To ordain as priest.
  1. 1.
    To ordain as priest.