priest

person who consecrates his life to some divinity and whose main functions are to direct religious rites and offer sacrifices to the divinity (for a minister use Q1423891)
Intangible religious_figure Q42603
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priest

Summary

priest is a religious figure[1]. priest ranks in the top 10% of religious_figure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • priest's instance of is recorded as religious figure[3].
  • priest's instance of is recorded as organization[4].
  • priest is a type of clergyman[5].
  • priest's Commons category is recorded as Priests[6].
  • priest's field of this occupation is recorded as priesthood[7].
  • priest's said to be the same as is recorded as clergyman[8].
  • priest's honorific prefix is recorded as Reverend[9].
  • priest's honorific prefix is recorded as Rabbi[10].
  • priest's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Priests[11].
  • priest's Commons gallery is recorded as Priest[12].
  • priest's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 2460[13].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[15].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[19].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • priest's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • priest's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox priest[22].
  • priest's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Priest[23].
  • priest's different from is recorded as minister[24].
  • priest's different from is recorded as rabbi[25].
  • priest's different from is recorded as monk[26].
  • priest's different from is recorded as presbyter[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include religious figure[3] and organization[4]. priest is a type of clergyman[5].

Influence

Things named for priest include The Priest[28], a film[29], directed by Vladimir Khotinenko[30] and rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin[31], a street[32], in France[33].

Why It Matters

priest ranks in the top 10% of religious_figure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,945 views/month).[2] priest has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] priest is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for priest include The Priest[28], a film[29], directed by Vladimir Khotinenko[30] and rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin[31], a street[32], in France[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/presbitero
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/presbitero, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  2. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata usage instructions → This item refers generically to priests in any religion. As
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2559]]: This item refers generically to priests in any religion. As value of occupation (P106), please use a more specific item if possible."
  3. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → minister, rabbi, monk +9
    Subclass of → clergyman
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q2259532]]"
  4. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12358
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 12358, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483470|PRIEST (#167483470)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/presbitero
    P14541 → 2ZNjsC
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 13w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/presbitero
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/presbitero, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  7. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → priests
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: priests, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949279|priests (#289949279)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  8. 14w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → minister, rabbi, monk +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q435940]]"
  9. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003989-knezi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003989-knezi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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