DOMINIE Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

dominie

noun

ˈdō-mə-nē

Definition of dominie

as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church a small village where the doctor and the dominie were the two pillars of society

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Noun

But the priest begins to quietly resist, secretly returning the bodies to their families at great personal risk.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2026
The federal agents departed the hospital shortly after a priest appeared at the scene of the protest, video shows.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of priest

Noun

The preacher was Walter White, who led an Oregon City offshoot of the Followers of Christ, an Idaho sect that spurns medical treatment as a show of faith.

— Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
Growing up, the brothers spent much of their childhood traveling around the South with their father, a Pentecostal Church preacher, before eventually forming the band in Nashville in 1999, per American Songwriter.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of preacher

Noun

For example, on the surface, the Hallelujah Diet book appears to be a Christian diet, written by a reverend.

— Adrienne Krone, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
The series followed a reverend, his wife, and their seven children through life’s ups and downs.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of reverend

Noun

Some years ago, the State met me in behalf of the Church, and commanded me to pay a certain sum toward the support of a clergyman whose preaching my father attended, but never I myself.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
But the heart of this production is the dramatic soprano Christine Goerke, who plays a deceased clergyman known as the Reverend.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of clergyman

Noun

Previously, 13 people had been charged, including a government minister, but no trial was held as the probe stalled.

— MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Tedros, an ethnic Tigrayan, served as Ethiopia’s foreign minister and health minister when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front dominated the country’s ruling coalition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

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