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priest

noun as in man who is minister in roman or orthodox catholic church

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A priest who was passing by alerted the police when he saw the man lying in the ditch, according to local newspaper la Repubblica.

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And the phenomenon continues—nowhere more obviously than in Romania, where, in 2019, an Orthodox priest was prosecuted for his alleged role in exhuming and impaling a corpse.

For Hickey, who uses they/them pronouns, the drive to see such a policy adopted worldwide is personal, as the Canadian said they were abused by a priest who was then shuffled between parishes.

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He’s a priest who swirls his vodka and tonic with his finger.

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The project's co-organiser, Catholic priest Alexis Leproux from Marseille, said every day the youth exchange views on topics as varied as the environment, economy, role of women, education and cultural dialogue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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