Sacerdote Priest
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| Language pair: | Spanish to English |
| Definition / notes: | priest (prçst) n. In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments. A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites. tr.v., priest·ed, priest·ing, priests. To ordain or admit to the priesthood. [Middle English preost, from Old English prçost, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prester (from Late Latin presbyter; see presbyter) or from West Germanic *prçvost (from Latin praepositus, superintendent; see provost).] |
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