priest 中文

[ˈpɹiːst]

[-iːst]

名教士, 牧师, 神父维祭司

祭司，依信仰或神職層級而有不同的稱呼，如祭師、司祭等，是指在宗教活动或祭祀活动中，为了祭拜或崇敬所信仰的神，主持祭典，在祭坛上为辅祭或主祭的神职人员。祭司在早期社会中已经出现（如巫覡宗敎）。根据不同的信仰，祭司被认为具有程度不同的神圣性。

Definition of priest in English Dictionary

名词 (Noun)PLpriestsSUF-est
1. A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
  1. 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.
动词 (Verb)SGpriestsPRpriestingPT, PPpriested
1. (transitive) To ordain as a priest.
更多范例
1. 用于句中
  - 1819, “I trust the jolly priest hath but abidden by the wine-pot a thought too late. Who saw him since the castle was ta’en?” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
  - Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. — T. Adams.
  - Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? (New American Standard Bible, ©1995)
2. 用于句尾
  - You say that you do not see how you and I have crossed swords with the priests.
  - Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
  - Last night I paid 5 gold to the trainer to respec as a shadow priest.