priest

Example Sentences

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"Up until the 2000s you would see maybe a nun or a priest quietly outside the clinic, but since about 2013 we were seeing groups like 40 Days for Life protesting," she says.

From BBC

"She was the kind of person who brought a smile to your face as soon as you met her," the local priest said.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Pope Leo belongs to the Augustinian order of priests, named for the great saint from Roman Africa who is the father of the just-war tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal

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