The phrase "village priest" refers to a religious leader who serves a small community in a rural area. They often provide spiritual guidance, perform religious ceremonies, and support the local community. Full definition
When Eastern Orthodox leaders throughout the world defended village priests who at Christmas and Easter routinely anathematized the Jewish people for «rejecting their King,» Jakovos's openness to Jews and Judaism earned him awards from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the American Jewish Committee. (religion-online.org)
«You have the hands of a craftsman, not an artist,» says a friendly village priest (Paolo Bonacelli) to an American expatriate whose identity is ambiguous but whose face is recognizable to the rest of us as George Clooney's. (nytimes.com)
Village priest Father James Lavelle finds himself offered up as a sacrificial lamb when a victim of sexual abuse, now grown, decides that killing an innocent priest will send a better message than disposing of a guilty one. (filmireland.net)