bishop [bish-uhp]
Main Entry:
bishop [bish-uhp]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clergyman
Synonyms: abba, administrator, angel, archer, berretta, cap, cleric, coadjutor, diocesan, director, metropolitan, miter, mitre, overseer, patriarch, pontiff, pope, prelate, priest, primate, suffragan
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
Notes: a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader
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: lord
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: master
Synonyms: aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, man upstairs, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, old man, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount
Main Entry: primate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: archbishop
Synonyms: archpriest, bishop, cardinal, clergyperson, metropolitan, patriarch, priest, suffragan
Main Entry: pontiff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: head of Catholic Church
Synonyms: bishop, pontifex, pope
Main Entry: prelate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: priest
Synonyms: abbess, abbot, archbishop, bishop, cardinal, dignitary, ecclesiastic, hierarch
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