priest

Example Sentences

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Just as not every Christian ought to become a priest, not every patriot has to wear a military uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"Yes. There's a Catholic priest there who seems to be populating the whole country with redundant British and American organs."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

At one point, they were kicked out of the Austrian refugee program and became homeless until a Catholic priest took them in and made them caretakers of a medieval church.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

When the priest had built his first school, it had only a thatched roof, and classes that couldn’t fit inside were held under a mango tree.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French