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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| 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: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | archbishop |
| Synonyms: | archpriest, bishop, cardinal, clergyperson, metropolitan, patriarch, priest, suffragan |
| Main Entry: | missioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | missionary |
| Synonyms: | apostle, clergy, clergyperson, converter, evangelist, herald, messenger, minister, pastor, preacher, promoter, propagandist, proselytizer, revivalist, teacher |
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