as in preacher
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
searched for a priest who could perform an exorcism
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Recent Examples of priest
When Richardson left the church, the priest alerted law enforcement.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
In the other monologue, Ray drunkenly tells a story about unleashing scatological revenge on an abusive priest.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The domain of temple priests, Nilometers were used to decide when to announce the plenitude and what tax levels to set for the harvest, so that the wealth of the flood could be distributed upwards.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
In the other monologue, Ray drunkenly tells a story about unleashing scatological revenge on an abusive priest.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The domain of temple priests, Nilometers were used to decide when to announce the plenitude and what tax levels to set for the harvest, so that the wealth of the flood could be distributed upwards.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for priest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for priest
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Carolyn Smith, the late preacher’s daughter, said her father — like Pendleton a Knoxville College graduate — was instrumental in recruiting Pendleton and other Black educators to teach in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most famously, the late preacher and radio host Harold Camping predicted doomsday again and again.—
C. A. Bridges,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The seventh prisoner, Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh, a Kurd, was convicted over the 2009 assassination of Mamousta Sheikh al-Islam, a pro-government Sunni cleric in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Iran will never bow to foreign pressure over its nuclear program, senior cleric Ahmad Khatami said Friday, warning that the country’s uranium enrichment is a nonnegotiable symbol of national sovereignty.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, cousin Edmund, an aspiring clergyman, falls under the charms of Mary Crawford, written by Austen as a charming but immoral woman.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Blanc seeks to interview alongside another clergyman (O'Connor, 35).—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Leo will also speak up, when necessary, particularly on the treatment of immigrants, an issue close to his heart from his time as a bishop in Peru.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Mullally was ordained in 2001 and left the government three years later for church roles at Salisbury Cathedral and then becoming only the fourth woman bishop in the Church of England as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Saudi Arabia launched a high-profile effort to stamp out corruption in 2017 with the detention of princes, government ministers, and business moguls at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, recovering over $100 billion in assets.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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In choosing the former economic security minister as its leader, the Liberal Democratic Party is essentially betting on a swing back to the right to attract the younger voters who have flocked to smaller populist outfits, including the arch-conservative Sanseito party.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Pictures of their father in the home are displayed, along with notable achievements, such as his appointment as an official deacon.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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Without its longtime deacon, the church has remained shuttered.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Daryl Crouch was Green Hill's pastor from 2012-2021 and now serves as executive director of Everyone's Wilson, a network of churches that work to create spiritual and social initiatives in the community.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Judah Smith, the celebrity pastor, officiated the ceremony.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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With the last night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve falling on the same day this year – something that rarely happens – the reverend and rabbi choose to offer a joint service for their congregations.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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His tenure lasted 33 years, according to parish secretary Paulita Payton-Murphy, in an application to dedicate the name of the church’s street to the reverend.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priest. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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