Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caretaker |
| Synonyms: | assistant, clergyman, cleric, dominie, minister, pastor, 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 |
| 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: | 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: | theologian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | clergy, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, philosopher, scholar |
| 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 |
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