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One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.

owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.

A parish priest in the Greek Church. Shipley.

e spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

imits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. [U. S.]

a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil I particularly regarded as a great part of his character. Dryden.

The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.

One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants.

of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediæval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc. Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. Chapman.

A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. [Written also penitenser.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.

ue of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain. The priests sold the better pennyworths. Locke.

Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Shipley.

A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. Milton.

A priest's cope.

A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah. Malcom.