supply priest

noun

A priest not assigned to a particular parish who is available to substitute temporarily for a parish priest who is ill, on vacation, or otherwise unavailable.

Meanings

nounsupply priest (plural supply priests)

plural supply priests

  1. AnglicanismCatholicismA priest not assigned to a particular parish who is available to substitute temporarily for a parish priest who is ill, on vacation, or otherwise unavailable.
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APA

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Chicago

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