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A priest of Bacchus.

A priestess of Bacchus.

The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

ne's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. -- During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.

To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety. Had we best retire I see a storm. Milton. Had I not best go to her Thackeray.

To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] "Priest, beware your beard." Shak. To wish them beware the son. Milton.

nt Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not…

A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

osited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott.

yson. To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.

ea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

in, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15.

ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

al, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.

cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To assume the calotte, to become a priest.

can rimes of Rodin Hood. Piers Plowman. I can no Latin, quod she. Piers Plowman. Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. Shak.

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

The operation or activity of such agent. By chance a priest came down that way. Luke x. 31.

A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.