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Another word for priest

priest Synonyms

priest

n.

clergyman, cleric, minister, man of the cloth, reverend. see also minister 1.

Names for priests in various sects include: father, father confessor, spiritual father, priest-vicar, high priest, minor canon, pontiff, vicar, care of souls, clergyman, hieromonk, clergywoman, woman of the cloth, man of the cloth, minister, parson, pastor, chaplain, bishop, rector, preacher, presbyter, elder; kohen (Hebrew), rabbi; brahman, guru; lama, monk, friar;

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After some readings and a hymn, the priest moved to the pulpit.
A priest can administer this sacrament.
This aunt I never met... or maybe I did but don't know it... she thinks I'm like practically a priest and she wants me to do all this stuff at the memorial service, for our side of the family!
And he wasn't a priest, yet.
On the fourth morning, the high priest, by rubbing dry wood together, produces new fire in the public square, from whence every habitation in the town is supplied with the new and pure flame.

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