parish priest

English

Etymology

From Middle English parissh prest.

Noun

parish priest (plural parish priests)

(Roman Catholicism) The main priest serving a parish.

Usage notes

In the United States, the term pastor is preferred.

Synonyms

(main priest serving a parish): pastor (US)

Coordinate terms

(main priest serving a parish): parochial vicar

Translations

main priest serving a parish

Belarusian: пробашч m (próbašč), ксёндз m (ksjondz)
Dutch: pastoor (nl) m
Finnish: kirkkoherra (fi)
French: curé (fr)
Galician: crego (gl) m, abade (gl) m, párroco m, cura (gl) m
Hungarian: plébános (hu)
Ido: paroko (io)
Italian: parroco (it) m
Macedonian: па́рох m (pároh), жу́пник m (žúpnik)
Middle English: parissh prest
Polish: proboszcz (pl) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жу̑пнӣк m

Roman: žȗpnīk (sh) m
Spanish: párroco (es) m
Swahili: paroko
Tagalog: kura paroko
Vietnamese: cha xứ, cha chính xứ, cha chánh xứ

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