how to pronounce priest

/pɹiːst/

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priest is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of priest in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… McHenry was a Catholic priest and he was …”

meaning of priest

A priest is a person who is ordained to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially by a bishop or an archbishop.

priest frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word priest occurs in english on average 21.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.