as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the marriage will be performed by our usual preacher
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Recent Examples of preacher
Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work.
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Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
My dad was a Methodist preacher from a long line of them.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
But while Jelly often sounded like a preacher delivering a sermon, Post approached those same themes like the friendliest guy at the end of the bar.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
Born to a Baptist preacher, Ulmer sang gospel with his father’s vocal group, the Southern Sons, and started learning guitar at age four.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
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Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
My dad was a Methodist preacher from a long line of them.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
But while Jelly often sounded like a preacher delivering a sermon, Post approached those same themes like the friendliest guy at the end of the bar.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
Born to a Baptist preacher, Ulmer sang gospel with his father’s vocal group, the Southern Sons, and started learning guitar at age four.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preacher
Noun
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Jerry Brown left seminary before becoming a priest but made his Jesuit education central to his political identity — especially his frugality, environmentalism and preference for rehabilitation over incarceration.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Or the priest electing to stay in the city and open his doors to at-risk youths even as most of his flock had fled to the suburbs.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The trio of vicars starts with James Norton as Sidney Chambers, the doe-eyed clergyman with a taste for cool jazz and clever women.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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From the altar, the priest—whom a fellow clergyman introduced as being el Ĉinio, or from China—delivered the readings, blessed the Eucharist, and invited us to interŝanĝi the sign of the paco.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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James Stewart, the congregation’s pastor, was heartbroken at the loss of the historic building but echoed James’ sentiment.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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And that’s how the part-time pastor met Leap Housing founder Bart Cochran, the man who is now his boss at the affordable housing nonprofit.—
Mark Dee
June 19,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2026
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Burnham, a former cabinet minister who’s been Mayor of Greater Manchester for the best part of a decade, now re-enters parliament at a pivotal moment for his party.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The minister seemed to be reacting to an Israeli report that four soldiers had been killed in the south of Lebanon on Thursday when their tank was struck during a combat operation outside Kfar Tebnit.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2026
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However, a reverend in Zambia — Billiance Chondwe — says he's noticed a change.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
18 June 2026
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Spirtual foundation Astara, where Guidera reportedly served as a reverend, paid tribute to the late actor in an emotional social media post over the weekend.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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“Preacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preacher. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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