pastor [pas-ter, pah-ster] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
pastor [pas-ter, pah-ster]
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
Example Sentences
  • Have a trusted teacher or pastor or friend review some piece of written or spoken work that you've done, and practice not crying.
  • Whoever he was, here is a true memorial to a pastor surely worthy of one.
  • Or, along with raw white onion, as the perfect top for tacos al pastor.
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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: 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: sky pilot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: military chaplain
Synonyms: Holy Joe, minister, parson, pastor, preacher, rector, reverend, servant of God
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