priest
noun
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
priestless
-
a word derived from
priest.
Example Sentences
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This deficit is especially serious in the parishes; more and more young priests are entering orders rather than the secular priesthood, and there were 16,000 priestless parishes in 1950 v. 4,772 in 1903.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scenes like the one at Rodlinghem are becoming more and more common in rural France these days, as parish after parish takes its turn at a "priestless Sunday."
From Time Magazine Archive
There is also an ever growing number of priestless parishes, especially in smaller towns of the South and Midwest.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the ranks of priests severely diminished, some women in so-called priestless parishes conduct Communion services on their own, refraining from the Eucharistic prayer and consecration.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whereto the dreamer: 'Art thou of this land, my brother, And knowest not the mountain and its crest of walls, Where dwells the priestless worship of the all-wise mother?
From Alcyone by Archibald Lampman
