Definition of priest

• n. - A presbyter elder; a minister
• n. - One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
• n. - A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
• n. - One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.
• v. t. - To ordain as priest.