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Archpriest :: Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean..

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..

Pontifex :: Pontifex (n.) A high priest; a pontiff.

Divine :: Divine (a.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

Priestless :: Priestless (a.) Without a priest.

Lama :: Lama (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism..

Shamanism :: Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors..

Prester :: Prester (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John..

Nethinim :: Nethinim (n. pl.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.

Exeat :: Exeat (n.) A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

Hieratic :: Hieratic (a.) Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

Bonze :: Bonze (n.) A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun..

Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Dignitary :: Dignitary (n.) One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman..

Levite :: Levite (n.) A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.

Propaganda :: Propaganda (n.) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world..

Pontific :: Pontific (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests..

Livery :: Livery (n.) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London..

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