Druid vs. Priest — What's the Difference?

A druid was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors.

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.

A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.

An ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments

One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

A mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.

One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons.

Ordain to the priesthood

A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.

In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.

A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.

To ordain or admit to the priesthood.

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish

(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

(transitive) To ordain as a priest.

A presbyter elder; a minister

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.

To ordain as priest.

A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

A spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion