a clergyman or minister of a Christian church: pari, pare, saserdote
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pastor
n.
1. minister in charge of a church: kura, pastor, ministro
2. priest: pare, padre, pari
rector
n.
a priest in the Roman Catholic Church who is in charge of a religious house: rektor
padre
n.
a borrowing from Spanish which means "father", used as an appellation for a priest
binyag
n.
baptism
v.
magbinyag, binyagan (mag-:-an) to baptize someone. Nagbinyag ng mga bata ang pari kahapon. The priest baptized the children yesterday.
misa
n.
mass
v.
magmisa (mag-) to say mass. Nagmisa ang pare sa patay. The priest said mass for the dead.
kumpisal
v.
mangumpisal, magkumpisal, ikumpisal (mang:mag-:i-) to confess. Nangumpisal siya sa pare. She confessed to the priest.
pare
n.
1. pare' priest [var. pari']
2. pare appellation for a male friend, derived from kumpare or kumpadre, the feminine form is mare from kumare; sometimes used to address a man whose name one does not know