Priest

//ˈpɹiːst//

"Priest" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The priest participated in the children's games.

The priest participated in the children's game.

The priest pretends to be solemn in public.

The priest took the sick man's place.

All at once, the Buddhist priest burst into laughter, spoiling the solemn atmosphere.

According to one legend, it gets its name from a priest.

"God is our salvation," said the priest.

The priest blessed the marriage of the two.

The priest blessed the congregation at the end of the mass.

The priest blessed us.

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The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.

The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.

The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.

If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.

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