parish priest

English

Etymology

From Middle English parissh prest.

Noun

parish priest (plural parish priests)

1. (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