CLERGYMEN Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

clergymen

noun

plural of clergyman

as in churchmen

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Noun

So it was left to her to become one of the 15% of Shinto priests who are female.

— Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
While helicopters scattered miniature red roses over the crowd, priests in white robes celebrated Mass and the popular Mazowsze folk ensemble sang and danced to traditional Polish music.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of priests

Noun

Videos posted on social media show street preachers speaking with multiple police officers outside the event.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Instead, there are countless influencers, preachers, and personalities who have created niche movements with their own theologies and political alignments.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Definition of preachers

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The church refused, and Armenia's Prosecutor General's office launched the case against Karekin and the other clerics in February, accusing them of defying a court order and barring them from leaving the country.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
In July, over 250 former lawmakers, clerics, professors and other public figures signed an anti-war petition warning of the costs of the conflict.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of clerics

Noun

Church deacons want it to be called Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, its previous name.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2026
Her parents, Baptist deacons who ultimately left the church over its refusal to ordain women, raised their children to wrestle with such questions.

— Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of deacons

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