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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building that houses monks, nuns, or priests; church |
| Synonyms: | cloister, convent, friary, ministry, monastery, nunnery, priory, temple |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | cloister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secluded religious place |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cell, chapter house, convent, friary, hermitage, house, lamasery, monastery, nunnery, order, priorate, priory, religious community, retreat, sanctuary |
| Main Entry: | convent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nunnery |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cloister, monastery, religious community, retreat, school |
| Main Entry: | monastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where monks live |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cloister, friary, house, lamasery, priory, religious community |
| Main Entry: | nunnery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convent |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cloister, monastery, priory, religious community, retreat |
| Main Entry: | synagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | church |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cathedral, chapel, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, mosque, parish, shrine, shul, tabernacle, temple |
| Main Entry: | clergyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister |
| Synonyms: | abbey, archbishop, bible thumper, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchman, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, devil dodger, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, harp polisher, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, sky pilot, sky scout, the rev, turn-around collar, vicar |
| Antonyms: | layman, layperson |
| Main Entry: | hermitage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hideaway |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cloister, monastery, retreat |
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