Underpriest

noun

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Noun

1
A subordinate priest
"Once they dragged the man to the open metal casket, two of the underpriests stepped in to help secure him."

Example

"Once they dragged the man to the open metal casket, two of the underpriests stepped in to help secure him."

Etymology

From Middle English underprest, unnderrpreost, equivalent to under- + priest. Cognate with Icelandic undirprestur.

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