priest : Idioms & Phrases

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Hedge priest

  • a poor, illiterate priest. Shak.
Webster 1913

High priest

  • noun a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine
    • he's the high priest of contemporary jazz
  • noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
    hierarch; prelate; primate; archpriest.
WordNet
  • . See in the Vocabulary.
Webster 1913

non-christian priest

  • noun a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
    priest.
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priest-doctor

  • noun in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
    shaman.
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priest-penitent privilege

  • noun the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
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priest-ridden

Priest"-rid`den adjective
Definitions
  1. Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift.
Webster 1913