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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French prestre.
Noun
prestre m (plural prestres)
- priest
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
From Latin presbyter (nominative form). Cf. also provoire, which derived from the accusative form.
Noun
prestre oblique singular, m (oblique plural prestres, nominative singular prestres, nominative plural prestre)
- priest
Usage notes
- According to some sources, prestre and provoire are inflected forms of the same word, as were their Latin etymons. This is however unlikely, as the two rarely appear in texts together.
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