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
Far from being a fringe belief system, masculinism has become the single most important force uniting the American right, bringing together an unlikely constellation of pastors, posters, senators, preachers, influencers, podcasters, and fanboys.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Badenoch has called for stronger enforcement, including deporting foreign preachers who are spreading hate in mosques and other institutions.
—Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 May 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
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.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
This type of apocalyptic thought has roots in the 19th century, when many American preachers turned toward more literal readings of the Bible.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Politicians sat next to preachers, who sat near family members and world leaders, and when the service ended, after four hours, a hearse sat outside, waiting.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
His large band, squeezed onto a stage scarcely longer than two kayaks laid end to end, is composed almost entirely of Haitian preachers’ kids raised in the country’s gospel tradition.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Badenoch has called for stronger enforcement, including deporting foreign preachers who are spreading hate in mosques and other institutions.
—Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 May 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
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.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
This type of apocalyptic thought has roots in the 19th century, when many American preachers turned toward more literal readings of the Bible.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Politicians sat next to preachers, who sat near family members and world leaders, and when the service ended, after four hours, a hearse sat outside, waiting.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
His large band, squeezed onto a stage scarcely longer than two kayaks laid end to end, is composed almost entirely of Haitian preachers’ kids raised in the country’s gospel tradition.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachers
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The group, formed in 1970 to oppose Vatican II modernizations, has quietly become a parallel church operating globally with 733 priests, 264 seminarians and 50 nationalities despite decades of schism.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Leo met Thursday with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who — despite Fernández's letter — recently recommended that priests in his archdiocese use the German guidelines as a basis for their pastoral care.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Churchgoers mourn beloved pastors People passing by the Pentecostal City Mission Church were overcome with emotion Friday after learning the horrific details of the crash that killed their beloved bishop and assistant pastor.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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The rise in energy costs is in focus as G7 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Paris later Monday.—
Hugh Leask,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Critics, including former ministers, have accused Starmer of being slow to push through reforms and unambitious with his agenda for power.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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The lawsuit echoes criticism that most commissioners are conservative Christian clerics and commentators; one is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The group’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, who died in 2021, was one of the country’s most radical clerics.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Preachers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachers. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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