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priested

priested is the simple past and past participle of priest.

Meaning of priest

Verb

priest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)

  1. (transitive) To ordain as a priest.
    • If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live...1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print...

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Questions about priested

What is priested the simple past and past participle of?
Priested is the simple past and past participle of priest.

Words near priested in the dictionary

  1. priestcaps
  2. priestcraft
  3. priestcrafts
  4. priestdom
  5. priestdoms
  6. priested
  7. priesteen
  8. priesteens
  9. priesteries
  10. priestery
  11. priestess

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