priest

Example Sentences

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My great-uncle Dan was a diocesan priest at St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill, Pa. Dan was a fire-and-brimstone hard-liner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

“She’s a bill-payer, but just like a financial adviser has to be priest, rabbi and therapist to their clients, Sharon was that way to us. She did everything,” said Sydney, who lives in New York.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Some newcomers have “never opened a Bible, and know absolutely nothing,” said Rev. Boniface Endorf, a priest at St. Joe’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

And since it’s a weather-forecasting machine that we’ve hidden in a priest hole, it seemed right to name it after an actual weather-forecasting priest.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti