神しん父ぷ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Catholic priest; father

Specifically refers to a priest in the Catholic Church. Not used for Protestant ministers (牧師).

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I listened to the priest's sermon at church on Sunday.

彼かれは神しん父ぷになるために神しん学がっ校こうで勉べん強きょうしている。

He is studying at a seminary to become a priest.

〈人ひと〉〉が神父しんぷになるfor someone to become a (Catholic) priest
彼かれは若わかいころに神しん父ぷになることを決きめた。
He decided to become a priest when he was young.
神父しんぷに相談そうだんするto consult a priest
悩なやみごとを神しん父ぷに相そう談だんした。
I talked over my worries with the priest.
神父しんぷに懺悔ざんげするto confess (one's sins) to a priest
彼かの女じょは神しん父ぷに懺ざん悔げした。
She confessed her sins to the priest.

司し祭さい
司祭 is the formal, liturgical term for a Catholic priest, while 神父 is the everyday word used to address or refer to one respectfully.
聖せい職しょく者しゃ
神父 refers specifically to a Catholic priest, whereas 聖職者 broadly covers clergy of any denomination.

牧ぼく師しN1
神父 refers specifically to a Catholic priest, whereas 牧師 refers to a Protestant minister; learners often confuse the two English-derived meanings.
宣せん教きょう師し
神父 refers to a Catholic priest attached to a church, while 宣教師 refers to someone sent out specifically to spread religion, not necessarily ordained clergy.

From Chinese 神父 (shénfù), literally 'spiritual father'. Adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.