| priest | | |
| n. (person) | 1. priest | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ archpriest, prelate, primate, hierarch, high priest | a senior clergyman and dignitary. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ canon | a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter. |
| ~ celebrant | an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist. |
| ~ clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. |
| ~ confessor | a priest who hears confession and gives absolution. |
| ~ domestic prelate | (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household. |
| ~ padre, 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. |
| ~ monsignor | (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests. |
| ~ pontifex | a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome. |
| ~ priestess | a woman priest. |
| ~ vicar | a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman. |
| ~ aaron | (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf. |
| ~ domingo de guzman, dominic, saint dominic, st. dominic | (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221). |
| ~ holy order, order | (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy.; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" |
| n. (person) | 2. non-christian priest, priest | a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion. |
| ~ spiritual leader | a leader in religious or sacred affairs. |
| ~ druid | a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland. |
| ~ flamen | a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome. |
| ~ hoodoo | a practitioner of voodoo. |
| ~ lama | a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. |
| ~ magus | a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians. |
| ~ priest-doctor, shaman | in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination. |
| ~ votary | a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult.; "a votary of Aphrodite" |
| ~ ezra | a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem. |
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