priest
Example Sentences
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“You’re a priest and you can hear what the people are saying about you down there.”
From Literature
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The star appeared as an air stewardess, twirling her way through baggage reclaim while shrugging off a bevy of useless men – a surgeon, a priest, a magician, an astronaut.
From BBC
“I was raised a Catholic, was an altar boy, and at 14 I seriously considered becoming a priest,” Wilson told The Times in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times
A priest, noticing Pratt’s skillful doodling, bought him art supplies and showed him a collection of work by the Kiowa Five, a renowned group of early 20th-century painters who’d attended the school.
Safeguarding advocates and another senior member of clergy, like the Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley, said they felt Cottrell could have acted earlier and could have removed the priest.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.