Priester

priester German Etymology From de gmh priester, from de goh priester, borrowed around 700 (after the High German consonant shift, but before the diphthongisation of West Germanic ē) from pre-de fro prestre, from de la presbyter, from de grc πρεσβύτερος. de Presbyter. Immediately cognate with nl priester, nds Preester, fr prêtre. Compare also en priest. An earlier West Germanic word for “priest” is de Pfaffe, which remained in use alongside de Priester during the Middle Ages, but has had a pejorative tone since the Reformation. Pronunciation de /ˈpriːstər/ [ˈpʁiːstɐ] de De-Priester.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m in de religion priest de Hierodule Kultdiener de Roman Catholicism priest, presbyter man who has received the sacrament of ordination de Christianity chiefly Protestantism priest every believer Usage notes every believer Universal priesthood is also taught by the Catholic Church, which however distinguishes between different degrees of priesthood and uses the word de Priester, like the English word en priest, chiefly in the narrower sense as above. Declension m Derived terms de Hohepriester Priesteramt priesterhaft priesterlich Priestermangel Priesterschaft Priesterseminar Priestertum Priesterweihe Schweinepriester See also de Pastor de Pfaffe derogatory de Pfarrer Further reading Hunsrik Etymology hrx :inh gmh:priester From hrx gmh priester, from hrx goh priestar, borrowed from hrx fro prestre.hrx Boll:2021 126 Cognate with de Priester. Pronunciation Noun m Priester hrx Roman Catholicism priest hrx Paater 126 2 Do is en neier Priester in de Kerrich. There's a new priest in church. References hrx Male people Religious occupations