Priester

See also: priester

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpʁiːstɐ]
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Noun

Priester m (genitive Priesters, plural Priester, female Priesterin)

(religion, generally) priest
(Roman Catholicism) priest; presbyter (man who has received the sacrament of ordination)
(Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) priest (every believer)

Usage notes

(every believer): Universal priesthood is not an exclusively Protestant teaching, but is also acknowledged by the Catholic Church, which however distinguishes different degrees of priesthood and uses the word Priester chiefly in the narrower sense as above.

Declension

Declension of Priester

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Priester	die	Priester
genitive	eines	des	Priesters	der	Priester
dative	einem	dem	Priester	den	Priestern
accusative	einen	den	Priester	die	Priester

Derived terms

See also

Pastor
Pfaffe (derogatory)
Pfarrer

Further reading

Priester in Duden online

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