sky pilot

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Definition of sky pilotnext
as in chaplain

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  1. chaplain
  2. pastor
  3. rector
  4. confessor
  5. vicar
  6. parson
  7. shepherd
  8. bishop
Noun
  • Grams first volunteered as a poll chaplain in 2024 and says this effort is a reflection of her faith.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • That fear, coupled with the fact that ICE has been showing up in religious spaces across the country, are the main reasons why the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is encouraging rabbis to take the poll chaplain training, said Pesner.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of chaplain
Noun
  • Statewide, the pastor received 51% of votes compared to incumbent Republican Roger Marshall’s 46%.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Harris, a former Baptist pastor, won the district in 2024 with approximately 60% of the vote.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pastor
Noun
  • Following his passing, those who knew Mateucci have expressed their deep sadness at the accident and spoken highly of the late rector.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Scottsdale Police Department has identified the deceased as Brazilian national Rogério Renato Mateucci, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, who had traveled to the US for an event at Arizona State University.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rector
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  • Seeking sense to her loveless existence, at least in the novel Ana attracts the predatorial lust of Magistral Fermín de Pas, her sensual confessor at La Vetusta cathedral, as well as the attentions of local Don Juan Álvaro Mejías.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Asher has an omnipresent AI assistant who serves as a kind of fixer/scheduler/confessor.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of confessor
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  • The couple were married by a female vicar, per the Daily Mail.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Nearly every murder is solved by the end of the episode, but despite the unusual twist of having the village vicar team up with the police, the real action comes from the relationships among the characters.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
Definition of vicar
Noun
  • This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And what does the old man who sleeps by the fire know about the dead parson?
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of parson
Noun
  • Leo spent two decades ministering in Peru as a missionary priest and then bishop, and has credited the place and its people with shaping his view of the church and being a shepherd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The pair also co-starred in the beloved mystery dramedy The Sheep Detectives (2026), with Jackman playing shepherd George Hardy and Stewart voicing a sheep named Sir Ritchfield.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of shepherd
Noun
  • Cyprian was executed in 258, becoming the first bishop-martyr of Africa.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Leo lived in Peru as a missionary priest and bishop for over 20 years.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
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