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underpriest

noun

underpriest

noun

Etymology From Middle English underprest, unnderrpreost, equivalent to under- + priest. Cognate with Icelandic undirprestur.

1

A subordinate priest

  • Once they dragged the man to the open metal casket, two of the underpriests stepped in to help secure him.2007, Leigh Grossman, The Green Lion, page 174:

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