( n. )
One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
( n. )
One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012