Preacher Synonyms

prēchər
A person ordained for service in a Christian church
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. churchman
  2. churchwoman
  3. clergyman
  4. clergywoman
  5. cleric
  6. clerical
  7. clerk
  8. divine
  9. ecclesiastic
  10. minister
  11. parson
  12. reverend
Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. evangelist
  2. minister
  3. missionary
  4. parson
  5. pastor
  6. ecclesiastic
  7. exhorter
  8. preacher man
  9. homilist
  10. predicant
  11. sermonizer
  12. pulpiteer
  13. reverend
  14. revivalist
  15. sermoniser

Words Related to Preacher

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Preacher Sentence Examples

  • At twenty-two he was the most popular preacher of his day.

  • As a preacher he was in great request, though possessing but few of the qualities of the popular preacher.

  • In 1866 he was Whitehall preacher, and in 1871 he became canon of St Paul's.

  • He was a select preacher at Oxford in 1895-1897, and at Cambridge in 1900; he received a canonry in Bristol cathedral in 1893, but retained his wardenship of Toynbee Hall, while relinquishing the living of St Jude's.

  • His preaching, his catechizing of the children after evensong, and his connexion with the Bala Methodists - his wife's stepfather being a Methodist preacher - gave great offence.

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