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| Main Entry: | |
| 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' |
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| 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: | missionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who aids, does religious work |
| Synonyms: | apostle, clergy, clergyperson, converter, evangelist, herald, messenger, minister, missioner, pastor, preacher, promoter, propagandist, proselytizer, revivalist, teacher |
| 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: | theologian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | clergy, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, philosopher, scholar |
| Main Entry: | reverend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | clergy, clergyman, clerical, divine, holy, minister, monsignor, parson, priest, sacred, venerable |
| 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: | ministerial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | priestly |
| Synonyms: | canonical, clergy, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, holy, pastoral, religious |
| Main Entry: | ministry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the clergy |
| Synonyms: | clergy, clergymen, clericals, clerics, ecclesiastics, prelacy, priesthood, the cloth, the pulpit, vicarage |
| Main Entry: | first estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | former social class |
| Synonyms: | clergy, lords spiritual |
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