priest

Example Sentences

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Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.

From The Wall Street Journal

For more than 30 years, I have loved being a priest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maggie’s Catholic priest described her as a “humble, modest, and excellent soul.”

From Literature

In the last year Pierce has been deposed from holy orders and he is no longer a priest.

From BBC

Charlie suggested to the local priest the idea of using the parish church's juvenile sodality - a religious group for young parishioners - as the basis for a football league.

From BBC