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NON-CHRISTIAN PRIEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
Synonyms:
non-Christian priest; priest
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("non-Christian priest" is a kind of...):
spiritual leader (a leader in religious or sacred affairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "non-Christian priest"):
Druid (a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland)
flamen (a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome)
hoodoo (a practitioner of voodoo)
lama (a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism)
magus (a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians)
priest-doctor; shaman (in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination)
votary (a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult)
Instance hyponyms:
Ezra (a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem)
