préost

préost
m (-es/-as) priest, presbyter; (1) an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; (1a) a priest who served the church of a particular person, a chaplain; (2) in a more general sense a member of the ecclesiastical profession; (2a) in the phrase descriptive of the tonsure; (3) where préost is in contrast to munuc; (4) where préost is in contrast with sácerd;

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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