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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preacher |
| Synonyms: | chaplain, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, father, minister, parson, priest, rabbi, reverend |
| Main Entry: | clergy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ministry of church |
| Synonyms: | canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | clergyperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister of church |
| Synonyms: | abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar |
Example Sentences
- The cleric told her that he knew nothing about the kidnappings as he had been imprisoned when they occurred.
- People in the business point to the practical advantages of having a company cleric.
- Kano's former governor was voted out of office after saying that no cleric would tell him what to do.
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
| Synonyms: | apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
| Main Entry: | deacon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | church officer, cleric, elder, priest |
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of church |
| Synonyms: | abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | pastor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who conducts church services |
| Synonyms: | cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, priest, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | preacher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gives religious instruction |
| Synonyms: | clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer |
| Main Entry: | priest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church |
| Synonyms: | clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar |
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