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NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST

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NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST (noun)
  The noun NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST has 1 sense:

1. a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religionplay

  Familiarity information: NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

non-Christian priest; priest

Hypernyms ("non-Christian priest" is a kind of...):

spiritual leader (a leader in religious or sacred affairs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "non-Christian priest"):

Druid (a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland)

flamen (a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome)

hoodoo (a practitioner of voodoo)

lama (a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism)

magus (a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians)

priest-doctor; shaman (in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination)

votary (a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult)

Instance hyponyms:

Ezra (a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem)


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