as in priests
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 preachers
Wesley is the eighth pastor in the church's more than 200-year history, and represents the fifth generation of Baptist preachers, according to information on the Alfred Street Baptist Church website.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement had detained 11 preachers that were approaching shoppers at a local mall.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
Black leaders and preachers, like those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, Stacey Abrams and myself, continue the fight for racial equality, using strategies that blend nonviolent resistance with digital platforms to achieve a broader reach.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
That group, with a predominately white membership that included prominent politicians and preachers, believed free Blacks could not be integrated into white America.
—Linn Washington, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Both his grandparents were baptist preachers.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Glo’s Glorious had preachers implementing her lyrics in pulpits.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past year, news stories and a Hulu documentary have focused on the sect's predator preachers and the leaders who enabled them.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement had detained 11 preachers that were approaching shoppers at a local mall.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
Black leaders and preachers, like those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, Stacey Abrams and myself, continue the fight for racial equality, using strategies that blend nonviolent resistance with digital platforms to achieve a broader reach.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
That group, with a predominately white membership that included prominent politicians and preachers, believed free Blacks could not be integrated into white America.
—Linn Washington, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Both his grandparents were baptist preachers.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Glo’s Glorious had preachers implementing her lyrics in pulpits.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past year, news stories and a Hulu documentary have focused on the sect's predator preachers and the leaders who enabled them.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachers
Noun
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The diocese, meanwhile, continues to see high-profile abuse cases involving priests.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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O'Connor's Jud and Brolin's dueling priests are in the mix, but there are also a host of Wicks devotees.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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London desperately needs that at a time when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ministers have been accused of harming business sentiment and investment with recent tax rises.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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This deployment was first announced after a meeting between Japanese and British defense ministers in Tokyo last month, at which both sides said they were committed to further strengthening defense capabilities and increasing security cooperation.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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While some conservative clerics still frown upon women taking part in beauty pageants, many others in the Muslim community have been supportive of Hashwi.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Preachers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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