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prete

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nounmasculine
  1. priest, clergyman, minister, pastor

Forms

noun

singularprete
pluralpreti

Used in the library

  • Nel 1832 un prete napoletano scrive un libro sui gesti.In 1832 a Neapolitan priest writes a book about gestures.A1Parlare con le mani — Talking with Your Hands
  • Il prete dice che era un santo; è morto l'anno scorso.The priest says he was a saint; he died last year.A1Ancora una volta (11) — Once more (11) (A1)
  • Il prete del paese arriva alla messa in moto.The village priest arrives at Mass on a motorbike.A2Di nuovo, per favore (10) — Again, please (10) (A2)
  • Ma la sera prima, due bravi fermano il prete, don Abbondio.But the evening before, two thugs stop the priest, don Abbondio.A2I promessi sposi — The Betrothed

Other ways to say it

  • celebrantecelebrant (religious)
  • chiericocleric; seminarian
  • curatotended, kept (especially in combination); neat, tidy, trim
  • ecclesiasticoecclesiastical
  • officianteofficiating
  • parrocoparish priest
  • pastoreshepherd; minister, pastor, parson (a protestant minister)
  • popea priest of a Greek Orthodox church

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