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priest

[preest] / prist /


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"I had a wonderful letter from an ordained woman who said the announcement of my appointment was the first time that she felt affirmed as a priest," she told BBC Radio 4.

From BBC

"I think it was something about being in that chapel, which has been there for over 1,000 years, with the priests, with the candles," he said.

From BBC

On the journey home from the first World Cup, Eisenbeisser contracted pneumonia and a priest was called to administer the last rites.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Butler-Gallie, a parish priest in the Cotswolds in England and the author of “A Field Guide to the English Clergy,” is literate and entertaining.

From The Wall Street Journal

A priest gave nonstop blessings, flinging holy water from a pink plastic bucket.

From Los Angeles Times