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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who conducts church services |
| Synonyms: | cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, priest, 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: | 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: | evangelist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preacher |
| Synonyms: | TV evangelist, circuit rider, minister, missionary, pastor, religious teacher, revivalist, televangelist, television evangelist, television preacher |
| Main Entry: | father |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | priest |
| Synonyms: | abbé, clergyman, confessor, curé, ecclesiastic, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, reverend |
| 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: | parson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleric |
| Synonyms: | chaplain, churchman/woman, clergyman/woman, ecclesiastic, minister, padre, pastor, preacher, priest, rector, reverend, vicar |
| Main Entry: | vicar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
| Synonyms: | clergyman, cleric, deputy, ecclesiastic, lieutenant, minister, pastor, priest, proxy, substitute, vicegerent |
| Main Entry: | shepherd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keeper |
| Synonyms: | attendant, caretaker, escort, guard, guide, herder, herdsman, leader, minister, pastor, pastoralist, pilot, protector, shepherdess, teacher, tender, watch, watcher |
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