Meaning

noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

noun a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

originFrom Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester. * The Tyndale Bible uses native English elder instead.

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