German

Noun

Priester m ‎(genitive Priesters, plural Priester, feminine Priesterin)

1. (religion, generally) priest
2. (Roman Catholicism) priest; presbyter (man who has received the sacrament of ordination)
3. (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) priest (every believer)

Usage notes

• (every believer): Universal priesthood is not an exclusively Protestant teaching, but is also acknowledged by the Catholic Church, which however distinguishes different degrees of priesthood and uses the word Priester chiefly in the narrower sense as above.

Declension

Derived terms

• Hohepriester
• Schweinepriester

See also

• Pastor
• Pfaffe (derogatory)
• Pfarrer

Afrikaans

Noun

priester ‎(plural priesters)

1. priest

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

priester m ‎(plural priesters, diminutive priestertje n)

1. (religion) priest, clergyman or heathen equivalent

Derived terms

• priesterlijk
• priesterschap n
• aartspriester m
• hogepriester m