Collocations for "priest"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "priest" in context.
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priest
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- an ordained priest
- [an Anglican, an Episcopal, a Vatican] priest
- a [young, female, homosexual] priest
- [was, getting] ordained as a priest
- ordained as [an Anglican] priest
- priests and [ministers, rabbis, imams]
- the [church's, parish's] priest
- need a priest to officiate the wedding
- works as a priest
- went to see the [local, parish] priest
- is a priest in [the United States]
- the priest's [office, sanctuary, house, servant]
- [an Episcopal, a Catholic] priest
- the high priest
- the priest's sermon
'priest' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):