prestre

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French prestre.

Noun

prestre m (plural prestres)

  1. priest

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Latin presbyter (nominative form). Cf. also provoire, which derived from the accusative form.

Noun

prestre m (oblique plural prestres, nominative singular prestres, nominative plural prestre)

  1. priest

Usage notes

  • According to some sources, prestre and provoire are inflected forms of the same word. This is however unlikely, as the two rarely appear in texts together

Synonyms

Descendants

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