PRIEST
ADJECTIVES
► PONTIFIC relating to a chief priest or pontiff, esp. the Pope → 1609
► PRIESTAL priestly; having the character of a priest → 1839
► PRIEST-RID managed or controlled by a priest; held in subjection by priestly authority → 1653 obs.
► PRIEST-RIDDEN managed or controlled by a priest; held in subjection by priestly authority → 1647
NOUNS
► HIEROMANIA a mania for priests → 1991 (Bk.)
► PONTIFICALS the robes of a bishop or priest → 1435
► PRIESTERY priests collectively → 1650
► PRIESTIANITY a religious system or doctrine dominated by or serving the interests of priests → 1720 obs., derogatory
► PRIEST-RIDING the domination or tyranny of priests → 1700 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AARON a person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader → 1565
► ALDGATE EAST a priest → 2004Cockney rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► BAG OF YEAST a priest → 1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
► BAKER’S YEAST a priest → 1983 Aust. rhyming sl.
► BEAD-JIGGLER a Roman Catholic, esp. a priest → 1968 US sl.
► BEAD MUMBLER a Roman Catholic, esp. a priest → 1966 sl.
► BEAUPERE a term of courtesy for father: used especially in addressing or speaking of priests → c1300 obs.
► BELL-HALLOWER a priest who uses blessing bells → 1549
► BIG KAHUNA in Hawaii: a prominent priest, sage, or healer → 1886
► BLACK BEETLES Roman Catholic priests → 1959 UK sl.
► BLACK GOWN a Roman Catholic priest → 1804 US Indian usage
► BLACK ROBE esp. among North American Indians: a Christian priest, esp. a missionary → 1811 Can.
► BOGGIE a displaced priest who married people contrary to canon laws, though not to nature’s laws → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CORBIE a Roman Catholic priest → 1930 Amer. dial.
► COUPLE-BEGGAR a disreputable priest who made it his business to ‘couple’ beggars or perform irregular marriages → 1702 obs,
► DAFF a priest → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALWAY a Catholic priest → 1891 American tramps’ sl.
► GOD-BOTHERER a parson, priest, or chaplain → 1937 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► GREASLING a Roman Catholic priest → 1583 contemptuous usage
► HEDGE-PRIEST (derogatory) an illiterate priest of low status → hist.
► HOLY JOE a priest or clergyman → 1874 sl., orig. nautical
► JACK-FRIAR a hedge-priest → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JOHN a priest → LME obs., derogatory
► JOSSER a priest or clergyman → 1887 Aust. sl.
► KAHUNA a priest of the native Hawaiian religion, a wise man, a minister; now esp. a sorcerer → 1873 Hawaii
► MAKE-GOD a derisive term to Romish priests → 1705 obs.
► MASSER one who celebrates mass; a mass-priest; also, one who attends mass → a1000 obs.
► MASS-PRIEST a priest whose function it is to celebrate mass → c893 arch.
► MOBED a Zoroastrian priest; esp. one who is a Parsee → 1815
► MORN PRIEST the priest who celebrates the first mass of the day → 1466 obs.
► MORROW PRIEST a priest who says morrow-mass (the first mass of the day) → 1563 obs.
► MUMBLE-MATINS a Roman Catholic priest → 1560 obs.
► NEOPHYTE a new convert; one newly admitted to a church or religious body; also, a newly ordained priest, or a novice of a religious order → a1550
► OINTLING an anointed priest; used contemptuously → a1603 obs.
► PADRE in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence: a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman Catholic priest → 1584
► PAPA a parish priest, or any member of the lower orders of the clergy in the Orthodox Eastern Church → 1591
► PONTIFEX MAXIMUS a high priest or leader of a cult → 1659
► PRIESTEEN a priest, esp. a young or unimportant one → 1907 humorous usage, or mildly depreciative
► PRIESTESS 1. a female priest → 1594
2. a priest’s or clergyman’s wife → 1709 colloq., obs.
► PRIESTLET a young, small, or insignificant priest → 1880 humorous usage, or mildly derogatory
► PRIESTLING 1. a young, small, or insignificant priest → 1629 chiefly derogatory
2. a person devoted, in a servile manner, to a priesthood or priestly system → 1720 chiefly derogatory
► PRIESTRESS a female priest → a1439
► SACERDOS the Latin word for priest → c1590 obs.
► SACERDOTE a priest → 1685 obs.
► SACRIFICER a sacrificial priest → 1547
► SACRIFICUL ► SACRIFICULE a priest → 1604 obs.
► SACRIFICULIST a sacrificing priest → 1652 obs.
► SACRIFIER a sacrificing priest → 1382 obs.
► SAGGART a priest → 1836 Irish
► SIN-SHIFTER a priest or clergyman → a1912 sl.
► SIR a parson or priest → 1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SIR JOHN a priest → LME obs., derogatory
► SIR JOHN LACK-LATIN an ignorant priest → c1534 obs.
► TALAPOIN a Buddhist monk or priest → 1586
► TIPPET-CAPTAIN a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic → 1550 obs.
► TIPPET-KNIGHT a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic → 1550 obs.
► TIPPET-MAN a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic → 1550 obs.
► WAITER AT THE ALTAR a priest or other minister of the altar; one who celebrates mass → 1711 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► PARNEL a priest’s concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute → 1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
VERBS
► PRIEST-RIDE of a priest: to control, to dominate → 1733 obs.
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