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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders;

2. a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion;
[syn: priest, non-Christian priest]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See Priest.] [1913 Webster] 1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1. [1913 Webster] 2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest. [1913 Webster] I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] New presbyter is but old priest writ large. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical. [1913 Webster] 4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Priest \Priest\, n. [OE. prest, preost, AS. pre['o]st, fr. L. presbyter, Gr. ? elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of ? an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pristinus. Cf. Pristine, Presbyter.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Christian Church) A presbyter elder; a minister; specifically: (a) (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power. --Murdock. (b) (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation. [1913 Webster] 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. "The priests of Dagon." --1 Sam. v. 5. [1913 Webster] Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people. --Acts xiv. 13. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: In the New Testament presbyters are not called priests; but Christ is designated as a priest, and as a high priest, and all Christians are designated priests. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Priest \Priest\, v. t. To ordain as priest. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

priest n 1: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders 2: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion [syn: priest, non-Christian priest]