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Priest
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The shortened form for Presbyter. The title of the second Order of the Ministry. His chief duties are to offer the Holy Sacrifice in the Eucharist, to administer Baptism, to give absolution, to give the Priestly Blessing at Marriages, Churchings, and at other services of the Church: in fact, to exercise every sacred function which is not properly or exclusively Episcopal, that is, belonging to the Bishop. (See PRESBYTER, also ELDER.)
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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Priest'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/p/priest.html. 1901.