Assertion: priest | /r/HasProperty | person
Facets:
value: among pagans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A priest or priestess is a person authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or multiple deities.
text: These are the people who are well-versed with the Quran and they are called Hafiz.
text: But, amid all these accidental differences, one fundamental idea is common to all religions: the priest is the person authoritatively appointed to do homage to God in the name of society, even the primitive society of the family (cf.
text: Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns.
text: In both its Catholic and Pagan senses, a “priest” is a person serving as the interface between God and humans, because *you* can’t do it directly.
text: Among pagans, priests were persons whose appropriate business was to offer sacrifices and perform other sacred rites of religion.