Presbyter vs. Priest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Presbyter and Priest
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Presbyter
Presbyter () is an honorific title for Christian clergy. The word derives from the Greek presbyteros, which means elder or senior, although many in the Christian antiquity would understand presbyteros to refer to the bishop functioning as overseer.
Priest
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.
Presbyter
A priest in various hierarchical churches.
Priest
An ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments
The priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept
Presbyter
An elder in the Presbyterian Church.
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Priest
A mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.
Presbyter
An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches.
Priest
Ordain to the priesthood
He was made deacon in 1990 and priested in 1994
Presbyter
An elder of the Presbyterian church.
Priest
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.
Presbyter
An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.
Priest
A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.
Presbyter
One ordained to the second order in the ministry; - called also priest.
I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
Priest
To ordain or admit to the priesthood.
Presbyter
A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
Priest
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
Presbyter
A Presbyterian.
Priest
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
Presbyter
An elder in the Presbyterian Church
Priest
(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
Priest
(transitive) To ordain as a priest.
Priest
A presbyter elder; a minister
Priest
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.
Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Priest
To ordain as priest.
Priest
A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
Priest
A spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion
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