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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIEF PRIEST

chief priest  [tʃiːf priːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIEF PRIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chief priest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHIEF PRIEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chief priest in the English dictionary

The definition of chief priest in the dictionary is the highest ranking among a number of priests.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIEF PRIEST


archpriest
ˈɑːtʃˈpriːst
artiste
ɑːˈtiːst
beast
biːst
breest
briːst
breist
briːst
creased
kriːst
east
iːst
feast
fiːst
increased
ɪnˈkriːst
least
liːst
masspriest
ˈmæsˌpriːst
northeast
ˌnɔːθˈiːst
priest
priːst
reast
riːst
reest
riːst
southeast
ˌsaʊθˈiːst
triste
triːst
ungreased
ʌnˈɡriːst
unpriest
ʌnˈpriːst
verslibriste
vɛˈliːbriːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIEF PRIEST

chief executive officer
chief inspector
chief inspector of schools
chief justice
chief justiceship
chief master sergeant
chief of police
Chief of Staff
chief of state
chief operating officer
chief petty officer
Chief Rabbi
Chief Secretary
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
chief state school officer
chief superintendent
chief technician
chief town
chief warrant officer
chief whip

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIEF PRIEST

angriest
assistant priest
at the earliest
chariest
cheeriest
dreariest
driest
eeriest
furriest
goriest
hairiest
high priest
hungriest
merriest
parish priest
scariest
shimmeriest
sorriest
spriest
sultriest
veriest

Synonyms and antonyms of chief priest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chief priest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIEF PRIEST

Find out the translation of chief priest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chief priest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chief priest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大祭司
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacerdote principal
570 millions of speakers

English

chief priest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्य पुजारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رئيس الكهنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

главный священник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sumo sacerdote
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান পুরোহিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prêtre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketua imam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oberpriester
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

住職
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대제사장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangareping imam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

linh mục giám đốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதான ஆசாரியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य याजक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baş rahip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sommo sacerdote
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

główny ksiądz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

головний священик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρωθιερέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofpriester
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

översteprästen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ypperstepresten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chief priest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIEF PRIEST»

The term «chief priest» is regularly used and occupies the 66.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIEF PRIEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chief priest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chief priest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chief priest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIEF PRIEST»

Discover the use of chief priest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chief priest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
The term occurs first in Herodotus for the chief priest in Egypt, who ranks next to the king. A chief priest is also documented for Tyre. Plato's ideal state includes an annual high priest at the head of the priests officiating for the year. 2. Under the ...
Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, Geoffrey William Bromiley, 1985
2
Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors
In Augustan times its chief priest bore the title of the sole koinon temple (in Pergamon), 'chief priest of the goddess Rome and of the emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the god (Julius).' Asia, however, kept adding koinon temples for later ...
Barbara Burrell, 2004
3
A Priest's Guide for the Great Festival: Aghorasiva's ...
In Mahotsavavidhi, Aghorasiva views the chief priest as the implicit agent of all festival activities, much as S ́iva is the underlying agent of all cosmic action. During the course of the festival the chief priest is called upon to observe a special ...
Aghoraśivācārya, 2010
4
The Cheyenne
Horse, next in line, and so the pipe was passed on to the Chief Priest at the end of the line, then passed back unsmoked to the Lodge-maker. (See Fig. 16.) The assistant Chief Priest handed a new knife to the Chief Priest who touched his ...
George Amos Dorsey, 1905
5
Fieldiana: Anthropology
While Lolulomai plays — as will be seen later — a very important part in conducting the Soyal ceremony, he is not the chief priest ; this office being vested in his elder brother, Shokhunyoma (see PI. II, A). These two brothers are assisted by ...
6
Publication: Anthropological series
Among those first arriving were Blue, the Chief Priest, and Bull-Tongue, who had already purchased the office of Crier. They began to smoke informally, and in the mean time other priests entered the tipi. There were then present, sitting in a ...
7
Elihu Root collection of United States documents relating to ...
Copyrights, and Trade-Marks of the Executive Bureau articles of incorporation setting forth the following facts: (1) That he is the bishop, chief priest, or presiding elder of his religious denomination, society, or church and that he desires to ...
Elihu Root, United States, 1907
8
Peyote and the Yankton Sioux: The Life and Times of Sam Necklace
The Necklace tiospaye, including in-laws such as the Primeaux and Rainbow families, numbers in the hundreds.1 The new decade also meant more responsibility for Sam. As chief priest of the Native American Church of Charles Mix County, ...
Thomas Constantine Maroukis, 2005
9
The Poetical Works of Milman, Bowles, Wilson and Barry ...
CHIEF PRIEST. Whence comes this 1 Was she not prepared. 'T was wrong. The Rajah will himself come here to-day, And pray for aid in some great enterprise; Tilt then we shall not stain the altar foot: Take her aside, meantime, and counsel ...
Henry Hart Milman, William Lisle Bowles, John Wilson, 1829
10
Theology as History, History as Theology: Paul in Ephesus in ...
The most notable problem with the incident itself is the identity of Sceva:96 He is said to be a "Jewish chief priest" (v. 14, louSaiou apxiepecos), but according to all other evidence, no chief priest of the Jerusalem temple with that name existed.
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIEF PRIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chief priest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: A Lull In The Sea
Hikari Sakishima, the short tempered son of Shioshishio's Chief Priest who often scolds Manaka despite having feelings for her; Manaka ... «Gaming Union, Jul 15»
2
NPP respected our tradition; Tindana of Talensi defends
The chief priest (Tindana) of Baare in the Talensi Constituency of the Upper East region has risen to the defence of the opposition New Patriotic ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
3
The Akhand Hindu Rashtra: Micro World Macro Nationalism
... that given the idea of a sacrosanct temple, would any Dalit or Muslim be appointed as the chief priest of 'Ma Bharati' or 'Bharat Mata Mandir'? «Mainstream, Jul 15»
4
The Maha Pushkaralu
... right up there and it impacts almost all aspects of our lives,” says a priest associated with the offices of chief priest Krishnamurty Upadrasta. «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
5
Appearing bare-chested before Tindana is tradition, not juju
According to him, the Tindana is the chief priest who signs documents in any land transaction and performs sacrifices for the chief who is the ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
6
Pranab prays at Tirumala temple
Chief priest of the temple explained him about the history and significance of the hill shrine and honoured him with silk vastram of the deity. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
The Dai stilted house
Dai legends vary, but Pa Ya Shanmudi was either the original leader of the Dai race or its chief priest. The story begins in the aftermath of a ... «GoKunming, Jul 15»
8
Gadwal weavers spin a divine gift for Tirumala
The chief priest, after collecting the clothes, whispers into the ears of the deity `we have received Gadwala Sesha Vastram (Jodi Panchalu). «Times of India, Jun 15»
9
Temple priest, 53 others rescued from Uttarakhand | Mysore NYOOOZ
MYSURU: Chief priest of the Chamundeshwari temple and 19 of his family members from Mysuru were stranded in Uttarakhand following a ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
10
Sunday reflection: Mark 5:21–43
In Leviticus 21:10-12, the Lord warns that the chief priest cannot touch a dead body, “even for his father or mother,” a warning repeated for the ... «Hot Air, Jun 15»

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