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pop
priest /pop/
noun#4345 most common
Also: clergyman, cleric
Example sentences
Popul stă în biserică.
The priest stands in the church.
Am vorbit cu popul satului.
I spoke with the village priest.
Popa a binecuvântat casa noastră.
The priest blessed our house.
Bunica mea merge des la popul din sat, pentru sfaturi.
My grandmother often goes to the village priest for advice.
În satele din Maramureș, popii sunt respectați ca autorități morale.
In the villages of Maramureș, priests are respected as moral authorities.
Cronicile vechi pomenesc de un pop care a scris primele texte religioase în limba română.
Old chronicles mention a priest who wrote the first religious texts in the Romanian language.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pop | popi |
| Genitive | popului | popilor |
| Accusative | pop | popi |
| Vocative | pope | popilor |
Word family
popăpriest (colloquial variant form)
popathe priest (common spoken, definite form)
popescpriestly, pertaining to a priest
popimethe clergy, priesthood as a group
Etymology
Romanian "pop" comes from Old Church Slavonic "popŭ," meaning priest, which entered Romanian through contact with Slavic-speaking clergy and liturgy in the medieval period. The Slavic word itself traces back to Greek "papas," a term of address meaning father, the same root that gave English "Pope." In Romanian the word settled into everyday and regional use as a plain, slightly informal word for a priest, alongside the more formal "preot."
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