Priest synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
A diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
pontifex
A man on the highest council of priests in ancient Rome.
Of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of ancient Egypt; sacerdotal.
preacher (related)
seminarian (related)
vicar (related)
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
The pope
(Judaism) A scholar and teacher of the Jewish law; now, specif., an ordained Jew, usually the spiritual head of a congregation, qualified to decide questions of law and ritual and to perform marriages, supervise religious education, etc.
A man who is a member of the clergy.
Advertisement
monk (related)
clergy (related)
elder (related)
nun (related)
sacristan (related)
abiathar (related)
Ecclesiastical.
Advertisement
A priest or medicine man, esp. among N Asian peoples, who is believed able to heal and to foretell the future through communication with good and evil spirits
levitical
Of or relating to Leviticus.
(--- Mormon Ch.) A lay church officer who presides over a ward
high-priest (related)
Advertisement
prelate (related)
levite (related)
priesthood (related)
Alternative form of hieratic.
hierophantic
Of or relating to a hierophant.
Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
Advertisement
(Obs.) An official secretary to a nobleman or, esp., a king
A man who is a cleric.
A woman who is a member of the clergy.
Sometimes, a pastor or other head priest
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position
A theologian.
Advertisement
flamen
A priest, especially of an ancient Roman deity.
flamen (rom. antiq.)
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy.
hieromartyr
hierophant
A person confidently expounding, explaining, or promoting something mysterious or obscure as though appointed to do so
Advertisement
A woman who presides over religious rites, especially in pagan religions.
padre (sp. amer. andindia)
non-Christian priest
a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
Find another word for priest. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for priest, like: minister, lama, reverend, pontifex, hieratic, man-of-the-cloth, cleric, preacher, seminarian, vicar and pastor.