| 释义 |
priest/pri:st/ n. & v.●n. 1 an ordained minister of the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Church, or of the Anglican Church (above a deacon and below a bishop), authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments (天主教)神父；(东正教)牧师；(圣公会)司祭 2 an official minister of a non-Christian religion (非基督教教会的)神职人员 ●v. tr. make (a person) a priest; ordain 任命…为神父(牧师、司祭)；委任…为神职人员 □ priestless adj.□ priestlike adj.□ priestling n.[Old English prēost, ultimately from ecclesiastical Latin presbyter: see PRESBYTER] |