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
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Following in the footsteps of his older brother Brian, Farrell entered the Legionaries of Christ congregation in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1978 in Rome.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Francis rose through the ranks as a Jesuit priest in his home country of Argentina.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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But while the Gemstones themselves have embraced Kelvin and his coming out, the rest of the world — particularly rival preacher Vance Simkins (Stephen Dorff), Kelvin’s competition for the ridiculous title of Top Christ-Following Man — is more critical.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Preserving community gems Michael Major is a reverend at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia.—
Buffy Gorrilla,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most of the cards feature gothic-style fonts, limited colors like black and red, and some were even sent by reverends or churches.—
Paul du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In 2003, the Cabinet minister Haren Pandya was found dead in his car in Ahmedabad.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Yvette Cooper, the minister responsible for immigration matters in the U.K., has reportedly ordered staff to publish statistics on the nationalities of foreign people convicted of crimes in the U.K., as well as details of the crimes.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Dominie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominie. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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