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Definition of prester in English English dictionary
- A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John
- A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire
- One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement
- Prester John
- Legendary Christian ruler of the East. He was believed to be a Nestorian and a king-priest (prester being short for presbyter, "elder" or "priest") reigning in an unspecified part of the Far East. The legend arose during the Crusades in the 12th century, among European Christians who hoped that Prester John would prove an ally in the effort to regain the Holy Land from the Saracens. In the 13th-14th century various missionaries and travelers, including Marco Polo, searched for his kingdom in Asia. After the mid-14th century, Ethiopia was the centre of the quest, as Prester John became identified with the emperor of that African Christian nation
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