a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments, One who is ordained to the pastoral or sacerdotal office; a presbyter; an elder, A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple, transitive verb_ To ordain as priest, To ordain or admit to the priesthood

Reliable; steady, Holding true as a group; not contradictory, marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts, noun_ plural Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another, In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament