Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
priest (noun) one authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God , specifically an Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, or Roman Catholic clergyman ranking below a bishop and above a deacon
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
priest (noun)a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
SYNONIMS:
cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverendRELATED WORDS:
churchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe [], padre; clergywoman, deaconess, priestess; abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter; abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar; chaplain, confessor, sky pilot; evangelist, missionary, missioner, missionizer, revivalist; friar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religious; high priest, high priestessNEAR ANTONYMS:
lay reader, lector