Read full poem →If e'er one vision touch.'d thy infant thought,
Of all the Nurse and all the Priest have taught; 30
Of airy Elves by moonlight shadows seen,
Dictionary Entry
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
In a Sentence
“The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.”
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Common Phrases
. priestpriest highpriest parishpriest catholicpriest oldpriest youngpriest chief
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Poetry examples for “priest”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →If e'er one vision touch thy infant thought,
Of all the nurse and all the priest have taught;
Of airy elves by moonlight shadows seen,
Read full poem →When the kings shall slay not or pray,
And the high-priest, accursed and anointed,
Sickens to deathward with fear.
Read full poem →Healer called of sickness, slayer invoked of wrong,
Light of eyes that saw thy light, God, king, priest, poet,
Song should bring thee back to heal us with thy song.
Read full poem →But many a priest[28] with holy look,
In their hands a holy book,
Read full poem →I have told no one but you, Holy Mary. My mother would call me "whore",
and spit upon me; the priest would have me repent, and have
the rest of my life spent in a convent. I am no whore, no bad woman,
Read full poem →Dear Heart, I love you, worship you as though
I were a priest before a holy shrine.
I'm glad that you are beautiful, although
Read full poem →Mercantile-seeming bystander, ‘What is it?’ and he, looking always
That way, makes me answer, ‘A Priest, who was trying to fly to
The Neapolitan army,’—and thus explains the proceeding.
Read full poem →Rome will not suit me, Eustace; the priests and soldiers possess it;
Priests and soldiers:--and, ah! which is the worst, the priest or the soldier?
Politics, farewell, however! For what could I do? with inquiring,
Read full poem →Priest and king lay fast asleep
In Jerusalem;