priest
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"When you get back you can't say what you've been doing, I mean lying to your parish priest is quite difficult."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
It sparked debates up and down the Golden State as many people at the time still held a high regard for the Franciscan priest who was canonized in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Kilmer was to play a Catholic priest named Fintan.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
In 1857, a French Catholic priest planted the first coffee bush in Vietnam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
At last only two of that roistering, impudent band were left, the priest of the suitors and their bard.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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