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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 priests
The diocese, meanwhile, continues to see high-profile abuse cases involving priests.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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
The investigation involves local police, priests, and a house of God.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Before ever encountering the Warrens, Valak took out a convent, murdered some priests, and possessed a very hot Frenchman.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
He was further influenced after learning that the FBI often calls on priests, rabbis and other clergy members to counsel victims at mass-casualty events.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That would be the kind thing to do, particularly for the children who attend the parishes to which these pedophile priests have been transferred.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
At the beginning the library catered mostly to priests-in-training and required two references from the members of the clergy to reserve a room.
—Margarita Gokun Silver, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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
The investigation involves local police, priests, and a house of God.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Before ever encountering the Warrens, Valak took out a convent, murdered some priests, and possessed a very hot Frenchman.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
He was further influenced after learning that the FBI often calls on priests, rabbis and other clergy members to counsel victims at mass-casualty events.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That would be the kind thing to do, particularly for the children who attend the parishes to which these pedophile priests have been transferred.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
At the beginning the library catered mostly to priests-in-training and required two references from the members of the clergy to reserve a room.
—Margarita Gokun Silver, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for priests
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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.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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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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Thirty-two deacons from around the world were being ordained that day.—
Kristine Tran,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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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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“Priests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priests. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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