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How to pronounce “priest”
Hear “priest” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for priest
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of priest with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: What we can learn from past presidents 19 minutes
I told the priest right away.
- Definition summary
- A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce priest
Doris Kearns Goodwin: What we can learn from past presidents 19 minutes

I told the priest right away.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “priest”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
- A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
- (Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To ordain as a priest.
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