mæssepreost

Old English

Etymology

From mæsse +‎ preost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæs.sep.re͜ost/

Noun

mæssepreost m

  1. (Roman Catholicism) priest
    Synonym: preost
    • c. 994, Ælfric, "Letter to Wulfsige"
      Presbyter is mæsseprēost oþþe ealdwita. Nā þæt ǣlċ eald sīe, ac þæt hē eald sīe on wīsdōme.
      A presbyter is a priest or an elder. Not that they're all old, but they're old in wisdom.
    • 1890 [c. 731], Saint Bede (the Venerable), The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, page 2:
      Ic Beda Cristes þēow and mæssepreost sende gretan Fone leofastan cyning Ceolwulf
      I, Bede, servant of Christ and priest, send greeting to the well beloved king Ceolwulf

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mæsseprēost mæsseprēostas
accusative mæsseprēost mæsseprēostas
genitive mæsseprēostes mæsseprēosta
dative mæsseprēoste mæsseprēostum
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