priest

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

priest [priest priests priested priesting] BrE [priːst] NAmE [priːst] noun
1. a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches
•a parish priest
•the ordination of women priests
compare ↑chaplain, ↑clergyman, ↑minister, ↑vicar
2. (feminine priest·essBrE [ˈpriːstes] ; NAmE [ˈpriːstes] )a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian

Word Origin:
Old English prēost, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch priester, German Priester, based on ecclesiastical Latin presbyter ‘elder’, from Greek presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’.

Example Bank:
•He was considered the high priest of finance at that time.
•a ceremony led by the High Priest
•the priest who was celebrating Mass