Priest

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Priest

Priest : றோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மத குரு, பூசாரி

Priest : பாதிரியார்

Priest : பாதிரியார்

Priest definition

Noun.

  1. A presbyter elder; a minister
  2. One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
  3. A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacoNoun. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
  4. One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

Transitive verb. To ordain as priest.