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
Officials further described him as a longtime preacher.
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Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
The character later married the town’s preacher played by a pre-Three’s Company John Ritter.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
As a preacher’s kid, music had always been part of her life, but those early experiences were informal and community-driven.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Apr. 2026
Dollison was a regular contributor to the Church of Christ publication The Living Message, which credited him as being a major inspiration for many influential Arkansas Church of Christ preachers.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
The character later married the town’s preacher played by a pre-Three’s Company John Ritter.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
As a preacher’s kid, music had always been part of her life, but those early experiences were informal and community-driven.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Apr. 2026
Dollison was a regular contributor to the Church of Christ publication The Living Message, which credited him as being a major inspiration for many influential Arkansas Church of Christ preachers.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preacher
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Paradise Metal—the debut of Father Dionysios Tabakis, a 53-year-old priest in Nafplio, a small Greek city off the Argolic Gulf—is actually a series of epiphanies, an ostensible curiosity that functions as an object lesson about expectations.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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At one point, his condition seemed so dire that a priest was called to provide Giuliani his last rites, a Catholic sacrament often administered to the dying.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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McColumn is a retired Brigadier General and clergyman from Warner Robins, Georgia.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Michael Coleman worked as a firefighter, was in the Army Reserve, worked at Walmart and served as a pastor for a church.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The pastor was ordered to pay one of the property owners $150,000, and the other $46,500.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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At the time, Raúl Castro was Cuba’s defense minister and head of the Cuban armed forces.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Angola does not plan to pursue punitive measures against mining companies such as export quotas or bans in order to bolster its domestic mining industry, a senior minerals minister said.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
15 May 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 22 May. 2026.
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