preacher

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A member of Harvard’s first graduating class in 1642, Downing initially served as a preacher aboard a Caribbean trading vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal

In fact, Elisha’s moralizing about her profession made her teasingly start calling him “preacher.”

From Literature

Islam is the state religion but the constitution guarantees freedom of worship, subject to approval by the authorities for the place of worship and the preacher.

From Barron's

His large band, squeezed onto a stage scarcely longer than two kayaks laid end to end, is composed almost entirely of Haitian preachers’ kids raised in the country’s gospel tradition.

From Los Angeles Times

That was never in question, since great preachers, the ones who make the gospel’s message stick, also know how to make their congregations laugh.

From Salon