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| Main Entry: |
primate
[prahy-meyt or, especially for 1, prahy-mit]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order of mammals |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, brachiator, cercopithecoid, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, great ape, hominoid, human, man, monkey, orangutan |
| Main Entry: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anthropoid |
| Synonyms: | ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, human, lemur, mammal, man, monkey, orangutan |
| 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: | 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: | anthropoid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ape |
| Synonyms: | chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, humanoid, monkey, orang, orangutan, primate |
| Main Entry: | bishop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyman |
| Synonyms: | abba, administrator, angel, archer, berretta, cap, cleric, coadjutor, diocesan, director, metropolitan, miter, mitre, overseer, patriarch, pontiff, pope, prelate, priest, primate, suffragan |
| Main Entry: | simian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ape |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, orangutan, primate |
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