See preost on Wiktionary
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "preost",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "priest",
"word": "prest"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Early Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Southern Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of prest (“priest”)"
],
"id": "en-preost-enm-noun-EplKyLsA",
"links": [
[
"prest",
"prest#Middle_English:_priest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English or Southern) alternative form of prest (“priest”)"
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English",
"Southern",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "preost"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "priest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "priest"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "priest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "priest"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"word": "præst"
},
{
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"lang_code": "kl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "palasi"
},
{
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"word": "prestur"
},
{
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"word": "prestur"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"word": "präst"
}
],
"lang": "Old Norse",
"lang_code": "non",
"word": "prestr"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "la-lat",
"3": "presbyter"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin presbyter",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πρεσβύτερος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prēost",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "prēost",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēost",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēosta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēoste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"head": "prēost"
},
"expansion": "prēost m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prēost"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prēost",
"2": "prēostas",
"3": "prēost",
"4": "prēostas",
"5": "prēostes",
"6": "prēosta",
"7": "prēoste",
"8": "prēostum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "ang:Religion",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Religious occupations",
"orig": "ang:Religious occupations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "handprēost"
},
{
"word": "mæsseprēost"
},
{
"word": "mynsterprēost"
},
{
"word": "prēosthād"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\n⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare man ġehālgode Tātwine tō ærċebisċeop, sēo wæs ǣr in Mercum preost in Brēodūne. Hine hālgodan Daniel Wæntan bisċeop ⁊ Ingwald Lunden bisċeop ⁊ Aldwine Licetfelda ƀ ⁊ Aldulf Rofesċeastre ƀ...",
"translation": "And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
"translation": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"priest"
],
"id": "en-preost-ang-noun-D8SBa7Mi",
"links": [
[
"priest",
"priest"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*gydda"
},
{
"word": "sacerd"
},
{
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "ǣweweard"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pre͜oːst/"
}
],
"word": "preost"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "preost",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "priest",
"word": "prest"
}
],
"categories": [
"Early Middle English",
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Southern Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of prest (“priest”)"
],
"links": [
[
"prest",
"prest#Middle_English:_priest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English or Southern) alternative form of prest (“priest”)"
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English",
"Southern",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "preost"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "handprēost"
},
{
"word": "mæsseprēost"
},
{
"word": "mynsterprēost"
},
{
"word": "prēosthād"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "priest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "priest"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "priest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "priest"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "preest"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"word": "præst"
},
{
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"lang_code": "kl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "palasi"
},
{
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"word": "prestur"
},
{
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"word": "prestur"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "prest"
},
{
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"word": "präst"
}
],
"lang": "Old Norse",
"lang_code": "non",
"word": "prestr"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "la-lat",
"3": "presbyter"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin presbyter",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πρεσβύτερος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prēost",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "prēost",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēost",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēosta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prēoste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prēostum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"head": "prēost"
},
"expansion": "prēost m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prēost"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prēost",
"2": "prēostas",
"3": "prēost",
"4": "prēostas",
"5": "prēostes",
"6": "prēosta",
"7": "prēoste",
"8": "prēostum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
"Old English masculine nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
"Old English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Old English terms derived from Late Latin",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Religion",
"ang:Religious occupations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\n⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare man ġehālgode Tātwine tō ærċebisċeop, sēo wæs ǣr in Mercum preost in Brēodūne. Hine hālgodan Daniel Wæntan bisċeop ⁊ Ingwald Lunden bisċeop ⁊ Aldwine Licetfelda ƀ ⁊ Aldulf Rofesċeastre ƀ...",
"translation": "And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
"translation": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"priest"
],
"links": [
[
"priest",
"priest"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pre͜oːst/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*gydda"
},
{
"word": "sacerd"
},
{
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "ǣweweard"
}
],
"word": "preost"
}
Download raw JSONL data for preost meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.