คำว่า ' priest ' ( N )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า พระ
คำศัพท์อื่นๆที่มีความหมายเหมือนกัน : นักบวช
คำที่คล้ายกัน : clergyman; reverend
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[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.