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priest

[preest] / prist /


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No. The Catholic priest who conducted our marriage preparation mentioned that the purpose of the wedding-cake cutting was to inaugurate the domestic life of the new couple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Fr Aidan, who was parish priest in Ardoyne at the time, told BBC News NI that "none of us want to see hatred".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

A former Anglican priest, he was awarded a knighthood in 2023 in recognition of his campaigning work around acquired brain injury and melanoma - a type of skin cancer.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Although training to become a priest, the courses Kepler was required to attend in his first two years at Tübingen included mathematics, physics and astronomy, in all of which he was an outstanding pupil.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Under this traditional model, kings, priests, and other powerful leaders gained control of wealth and resources, causing the divide between rich and poor to expand.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre -- designed to train not only Philippine priests but clergy from across the region -- sits just off a busy thoroughfare in Metro Manila.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Craig’s teachers were brown-robed priests who went by “Father.”

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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