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

The Vatican has long looked the other way when priests were accused of abuse involving adults, especially if the priests were bishops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Jeremy Irons co-stars as Jesuit priest Father Gabriel, who challenges Mendoza to undergo penance.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of priest

Noun

The seeds are then planted in California, where Eddie Anderson, a clergyman, political organizer and the founder of Freedom Farms Collective, helps oversee their growth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Costco ditches its Kirkland beer Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration today on the eve of Sheen’s beatification.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of clergyman

Noun

Members of the Watch Group, along with other influential artists, recommended that Roh appoint Lee as minister of culture.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Mohamed Susi, a resident of the Muslim-majority neighborhood of El Principe, watched as hundreds of migrant boys gathered at a church next to his house one day in early October to await the arrival of a visiting minister.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of minister

Noun

The youngest, a middle-school basketball coach who’s thinking about becoming a deacon or pastor, isn’t sure.

— Eric Lau, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Then his neighbor, a deacon in his church, told him about a previous roommate who had died of cancer, and how he had recently been diagnosed himself.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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