Nun vs. Priest

Nunnoun

A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, those living together in a cloister.

Nunnoun

(by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.

Nunnoun

A prostitute.

Nunnoun

A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.

Nunnoun

The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Nunnoun

A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Nunnoun

A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

Nunnoun

The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.

Nunnoun

The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.

Nunnoun

a woman religious

Nunnoun

a buoy resembling a cone

Nunnoun

the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Nunnoun

a member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Nunnoun

any of a number of birds whose plumage resembles a nun's habit, especially an Asian mannikin.

Nunnoun

a pigeon of a breed with a crest on its neck.

Nun

A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, and Taoism.

Priestnoun

a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

Priestnoun

a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish

Priestnoun

(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

Priestverb

(transitive) To ordain as a priest.

Priestnoun

A presbyter elder; a minister

Priestnoun

One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

Priestverb

To ordain as priest.

Priestnoun

a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

Priestnoun

a spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion

Priestnoun

an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments

Priestnoun

a person who performs religious ceremonies and duties in a non-Christian religion

Priestnoun

a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.

Priestverb

ordain to the priesthood

Priest

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.