Priest

===Hinduism===
{{Main|Hindu priest}}

A [[Hindu]] priest traditionally comes from the [[Brahmin]] community.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Herman |first=A. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0haDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 |title=A Brief Introduction To Hinduism: Religion, Philosophy, And Ways Of Liberation |date=2018-05-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-98238-5 |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Parsons |first=Gerald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vM--pQp5qBUC&pg=PA197 |title=The Growth of Religious Diversity: Traditions |date=1993 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-08326-3 |pages=197 |language=en}}</ref> Priests are ordained and trained as well. There are two types of Hindu priests, ''[[pujari]]s'' (''[[swami]]s'', ''[[yogi]]s'', and ''[[guru]]s'') and ''[[purohit|purohita]]s'' (''[[pandit|pandits]]''). A ''pujari'' performs rituals in a temple. These rituals include bathing the ''[[murti]]''s (the statues of the gods/goddesses), performing ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]'', a ritualistic offering of various items to the gods, the waving of a ''[[ghee]]'' or oil lamp also called an offering in light, known in Hinduism as ''[[aarti]]'', before the ''murtis''. ''Pujaris'' are often married.

A ''purohita'', on the other hand, performs rituals and [[saṃskāra]]s (sacraments), [[yajna]]s (sacrifices) outside of the temple. There are special ''purohitas'' who perform only funeral rites.

In many cases, a ''purohita'' also functions as a ''pujari''. 

While only men have traditionally been  ordained as priests in the past, recent developments such as feminism in India have led to the opening of training schools for women to become priests.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Klostermaier |first=Klaus K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CVviRghVtIC&pg=PA324 |title=A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition |date=2010-03-10 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8011-3 |pages=324 |language=en}}</ref>