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Priesthood
A priest - from the Latin itself borrowed from Greek (Presbyteros) "old" - is a man or a woman (used in the latter case the terms or who has a ministry in a sacred religion and is responsible for the liturgical service, presiding over ceremonies of some religious cults.
The priest wears a particular name, according to the religion in question (see Article clergy ): priest , abbot , priest , vicar , bishop , confessor , father , pastor , Imam , Lama , Brahmin , monk , druid.
Summary |
Antiquity
Christianity
- Anglican priest
- Catholic priest
- Archpriest
- Diocesan priest
- religious priest , a priest belonging to a congregation or a religious order
- secular priest , a priest does not belong to a congregation or religious order
- priest of St. Sulpice , or member of a Catholic society of apostolic life
- Mpartiste priest , a member of mpart. Following regions were also employed under the priest associate, priest godson of priest child.
- worker-priest is a Catholic priest being also employed
- constitutional priest , sworn to the civil constitution of the clergy during the French Revolution
- refractory priest , who refused to take the oath
- eternal priest, nicknamed Jesus Christ
- Methodist minister
- Mormon priest
- Orthodox priest
Judaism
- High Priest of Israel ( Kohen Gadol )
- Levitical priest: Kohen
Surname
- George Priest (1924 -), French conductor
Placename
- The Priest cap , mountain top circus natural Cilaos on the island of La Reunion
Zoology
- The priest ( ), fish of the family athrinids
- The Priest of Amazon bird of the genus
Culture
Literature
- The Catholic Priest : , , section of the of Honore de Balzac
- A married priest , a novel by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
- priest-criticism , literary criticism in Quebec literature.
Cinema
- Leon Morin, Priest , Franco-Italian film from 1961 directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Banned priests , a French film directed by Denys de La Patelliere in 1973
