| slovo | definícia |
priest
(mass) | priest
- kňaz |
priest
(encz) | priest,duchovní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
priest
(encz) | priest,kněz n: |
priest
(encz) | priest,páter n: Zdeněk Brož |
priest
(gcide) | Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See
Priest.]
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1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation
under Bishop, n., 1.
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2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second
order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
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I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
--Hooker.
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New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
--Milton.
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3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or
clerical.
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4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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Priest
(gcide) | 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.]
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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.
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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.
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Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and
garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with
the people. --Acts xiv. 13.
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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.
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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.
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Priest
(gcide) | Priest \Priest\, v. t.
To ordain as priest.
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priest
(wn) | 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}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
parish priest
(mass) | parish priest
- farár |
priestess
(mass) | priestess
- kňažka |
priesthood
(mass) | priesthood
- kňažstvo |
pracovný priestor
(msas) | pracovný priestor
- workspace |
priestor
(msas) | priestor
- extent, room, scope, space |
priestranstvo
(msas) | priestranstvo
- open space |
priestupkový
(msas) | priestupkový
- delinquent |
priestupok
(msas) | priestupok
- misfeasance, offence, offense, tort, trespass |
prizodzene uzavretý priestor
(msas) | prizodzene uzavretý priestor
- enclosure |
časopriestor
(msas) | časopriestor
- space-time |
casopriestor
(msasasci) | casopriestor
- space-time |
pracovny priestor
(msasasci) | pracovny priestor
- workspace |
priestor
(msasasci) | priestor
- extent, room, scope, space |
priestranstvo
(msasasci) | priestranstvo
- open space |
priestupkovy
(msasasci) | priestupkovy
- delinquent |
priestupok
(msasasci) | priestupok
- misfeasance, offence, offense, tort, trespass |
prizodzene uzavrety priestor
(msasasci) | prizodzene uzavrety priestor
- enclosure |
archpriest
(encz) | archpriest,arcikněz Zdeněk Brož |
high priest
(encz) | high priest,velekněz Zdeněk Brož |
non-christian priest
(encz) | non-Christian priest, n: |
parish priest
(encz) | parish priest,farář |
priest-doctor
(encz) | priest-doctor, n: |
priest-penitent privilege
(encz) | priest-penitent privilege, n: |
priest-ridden
(encz) | priest-ridden, adj: |
priestcraft
(encz) | priestcraft, n: |
priestess
(encz) | priestess,kněžka n: Zdeněk Brož |
priestesses
(encz) | priestesses, |
priesthood
(encz) | priesthood,kněžství n: |
priestley
(encz) | Priestley,Priestley n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
priestlike
(encz) | priestlike, adj: |
priestliness
(encz) | priestliness, |
priestly
(encz) | priestly,kněžský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
priests
(encz) | priests,duchovní n: pl. Zdeněk Brožpriests,kněží n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
unpriestly
(encz) | unpriestly, adj: |
priestley
(czen) | Priestley,Priestleyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Archpriest
(gcide) | Archpriest \Arch`priest"\, n.
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
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Hedge priest
(gcide) | Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
of a garden.
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The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak.
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Through the verdant maze
Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson.
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Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
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Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium).
Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
belonging to the Mustard family.
Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
Hedge note.
(a) The note of a hedge bird.
(b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
in Ireland; a school for rustics.
Hedge sparrow (Zool.), a European warbler ({Accentor
modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney.
Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the
business of money hangs in the hedge." --Pepys.
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High priest
(gcide) | High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.
High altar, the principal altar in a church.
High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.
High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.
High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.
High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.
High German, or High Dutch. See under German.
High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.
High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.
High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.
High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.
High priest. See in the Vocabulary.
High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.
High school. See under School.
High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.
High steam, steam having a high pressure.
High steward, the chief steward.
High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.
High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.
High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
[1913 Webster]High priest \High" priest`\ (Eccl.)
A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High-priesthood
(gcide) | High-priesthood \High"-priest`hood\, n.
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship
(gcide) | High-priestship \High"-priest`ship\, n.
High-priesthood.
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Priest
(gcide) | Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See
Priest.]
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1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation
under Bishop, n., 1.
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2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second
order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
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I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
--Hooker.
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New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
--Milton.
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3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or
clerical.
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4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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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.
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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.
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Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and
garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with
the people. --Acts xiv. 13.
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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.
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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]Priest \Priest\, v. t.
To ordain as priest.
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Priestcap
(gcide) | Priestcap \Priest"cap`\, n. (Fort.)
A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also
swallowtail.
[1913 Webster]Swallowtail \Swal"low*tail`\, n.
1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints.
See Dovetail.
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2. (Bot.) A species of willow.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or
front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its
form. Called also priestcap.
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4. A swallow-tailed coat.
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This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow
buttons. --Thackeray.
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5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott.
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6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome
butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in
which the posterior border of each hind wing is
prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
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Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see Papilio), the
blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail,
or turnus (see Turnus), and the zebra swallowtail, or
ajax (see under Zebra) are common American species.
See also Troilus.
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priestcap
(gcide) | Priestcap \Priest"cap`\, n. (Fort.)
A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also
swallowtail.
[1913 Webster]Swallowtail \Swal"low*tail`\, n.
1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints.
See Dovetail.
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2. (Bot.) A species of willow.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or
front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its
form. Called also priestcap.
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4. A swallow-tailed coat.
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This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow
buttons. --Thackeray.
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5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott.
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6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome
butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in
which the posterior border of each hind wing is
prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
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Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see Papilio), the
blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail,
or turnus (see Turnus), and the zebra swallowtail, or
ajax (see under Zebra) are common American species.
See also Troilus.
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Priestcraft
(gcide) | Priestcraft \Priest"craft`\, n.
Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill
sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management
by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the
religious motives or credulity of others.
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It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft
than by violence. --Macaulay.
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Priestery
(gcide) | Priestery \Priest"er*y\, n.
Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in
contempt. [R.] --Milton.
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Priestess
(gcide) | Priestess \Priest"ess\, n.
A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. --Abp.
Potter.
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Priesthood
(gcide) | Priesthood \Priest"hood\, n.
1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly
function. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
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2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart
for sacred offices; the order of priests.
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Priesting
(gcide) | Priesting \Priest"ing\, n.
The office of a priest. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Priestism
(gcide) | Priestism \Priest"ism\, n.
The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the
priesthood. [R.]
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Priestless
(gcide) | Priestless \Priest"less\, a.
Without a priest. --Pope.
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Priestlike
(gcide) | Priestlike \Priest"like`\, a.
Priestly. --B. Jonson.
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Priestliness
(gcide) | Priestliness \Priest"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being priestly. --R. Browning.
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Priestly
(gcide) | Priestly \Priest"ly\, a.
Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal;
befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a
priestly farewell. --Shak.
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Priest-ridden
(gcide) | Priest-ridden \Priest"-rid`den\, a.
Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden
people. --Swift.
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Spriest
(gcide) | Spry \Spry\ (spr[imac]), a. [Compar. Sprier or Spryer
(-[~e]r); superl. Spriest or Spryest.] [Cf. dial. Sw.
sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.]
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
[U.S. & Local Eng.]
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She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd
(Margaret).
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If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. --Emerson.
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Unpriest
(gcide) | Unpriest \Un*priest"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + priest.]
To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. [R.] --Milton.
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Unpriestly
(gcide) | Unpriestly \Unpriestly\
See priestly. |
archpriest
(wn) | archpriest
n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest,
hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate] |
high priest
(wn) | high priest
n 1: a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or
doctrine; "he's the high priest of contemporary jazz"
2: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest,
hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate] |
joseph priestley
(wn) | Joseph Priestley
n 1: English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered
oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804) [syn:
Priestley, Joseph Priestley] |
non-christian priest
(wn) | non-Christian priest
n 1: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a
non-Christian religion [syn: priest, {non-Christian
priest}] |
priest-doctor
(wn) | priest-doctor
n 1: in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium
between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery
for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor] |
priest-penitent privilege
(wn) | priest-penitent privilege
n 1: the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential
information received from a person during confession or
similar exchanges |
priestcraft
(wn) | priestcraft
n 1: a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence
to control secular or political affairs
2: the skills involved in the work of a priest |
priestess
(wn) | priestess
n 1: a woman priest |
priesthood
(wn) | priesthood
n 1: the body of ordained religious practitioners |
priestley
(wn) | Priestley
n 1: English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered
oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804) [syn:
Priestley, Joseph Priestley] |
priestlike
(wn) | priestlike
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the
priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his
parish" [syn: priestly, priestlike] [ant:
unpriestly] |
priestly
(wn) | priestly
adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
"priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn:
priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly] |
unpriestly
(wn) | unpriestly
adj 1: not priestly; unbefitting a priest; "unpriestly behavior"
[ant: priestlike, priestly] |
priesthood
(jargon) | priesthood
n.
[TMRC; obs.] The select group of system managers responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a batch computer system. On these computers, a
user never had direct access to a computer, but had to submit his/her data
and programs to a priest for execution. Results were returned days or even
weeks later.
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