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
Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
And the preacher pranced around the stage.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
And the preacher pranced around the stage.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for preacher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preacher
Noun
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Chief among his many complaints was the Catholic Church’s sale of indulgences, which had become not only widespread but even mandatory for many priests, in order to generate funds to pay for the construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The pompous clergyman enters the life of the Bennet family, his distant cousins, with the assumption that, given his respectable position and benefactor, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, one of those daughters would be happy to marry him.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Garage owner and keen early automobilist Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, the son of a rural English clergyman, built his first car, an eponymous prototype, in 1909.—
Jamie Kitman,
Air Mail,
21 Feb. 2026
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In addition to Trump’s inauguration pastor, conservative stakeholders have encouraged companies to invest in bitcoin.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hardy, who now works in digital marketing in Southern California, was raised in a religious family where the natural trajectory to become a pastor was to attend a school like Hyles-Anderson.—
Olivia Empson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 2026
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The plaques, which were more than 100 years old, honored many people including ministers from the early 1800s and American Revolutionary soldiers.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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India’s finance minister Nirmal Sitharaman said the country has cut the special excise on petrol and diesel for domestic consumption by 10 rupees per litre each, in a post on X on Friday.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The reverend in charge of the largest cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has resigned after being arrested and accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of baseball trading cards.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa thanked the late reverend for his work to end South Africa’s apartheid system.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Preacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preacher. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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