priest

priest
subs.
P. and V. ἱερεύς, ὁ, V. ἱ̄ρεύς, ὁ.
Be a priest, v.: P. ἱερᾶσθαι.

PRIEST

sacerdos (a sacrificer heathen or Jewish): presbyter (in the Christian sense) or sacrorum antistes. A parish priest curio (in the Roman sense president of a curia): high or chief priest pontifex.

priest: săcerdos, ōtis, c.: Cic.: Liv. Other terms of more limited application are flāmen, ĭnis, m. (a special p., of certain deities only), Cic.: Liv.: antistes, ĭtis, c. (a presiding p., chief p.), Nep. Lys. 3 (a. Jovis): Juv.: sacrĭfĭcŭlus (an officiating p.), Liv. 25, 1, med. (where the term appears to be used contemptuously).

ἱερεύς
ἱερεύς, ἱερέως, ὁ, priest
ἀρχιερεύς
an arch-priest, chief-priest

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appearing fewer than 50 times

Βρισεύς
priest in Lyrnessus, the father of Briseïs; title of Dionysus at Smyrna
Γάλλος
priest of Cybele; (late) Celt, Gaul
Κάβαρνος
priest of Demeter
Κορύβας
a Corybant, priest of Cybele in Phrygia
Μάρων
son of Euanthes, priest of Apollo in Ismarus
Σεβαστοφάντης
priest of Augustus
Τομοῦροι
priests of Zeus
γάλλος
priest of Cybele; eunuch
θεήκολος
priest
θεοκόλος
servant of a god, priest
θεοπόλος
priest
θεοφάντωρ
a revealer of God, a priest
θυοσκόος
the sacrificing priest
κεντριάδαι
priests
κερνοφόρος
priest
λήτωρ
priest
λείτωρ
priest
μηλοθύτης
one who sacrifices sheep, a priest
μηναγύρτης
a priest of Rhea, who made rounds of begging visits
μητραγύρτης
a begging priest of Cybele
πλεσώνης
priest
πορθώτης
priest of Thoth
συνιερεύς
a fellow-priest
τελέστωρ
a priest
φαλλοβάτης
one who mounts on a phallusshaped pillar, phallic priest
φεννησία
office of φεννῆσι, priest of Isis
φεννῆσι
priest of Isis (Eg.)
ἀρητήρ
one that prays, a priest
ἐσσήν
priest of Artemis; king (!) bee
ἱεράρχης
president of sacred rites, high-priest
ἱεροπρόσπολος
sacred attendant, priest
ἱερουργός
a sacrificing priest
ἱροπόλος
priest
ὀργιοφάντης
a priest, one who initiates others into orgies
ὑποζάκορος
an under-priest
ὑποσπονδορχηστής
priest
ὑποσπονδοφόρος
priest

sacerdos
a priest, priestess
pontifex
a high-priest, pontiff, pontifex
flamen
a priest
presbyter
an elder, a priest

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appearing fewer than 50 times

Corybantes
the priests of Cybele, who served her with noisy music and wild, armed dances
Cupencus
a priest of the Sabines
Druides
the Druids, priests of the Gauls
Gallus2
river, tributary of Sagaris; pl priests of Cybele
curio
the priest of a curia
mystes
a priest of the mysteries
patratus
the fetial priest, who ratified a treaty with religious rites
sacricola
a sacrificing priest
sacrificulus
one who conducts sacrifices, a priest

priest Priest

• Chryses: priest (of Apollo): Apollod. E.3.34
• Maro, priest of Apollo: Apollod. E.7.1

Priest

See sacerdos.