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
The drama about a Taoist priest and a wedding planner who team up to run a funerals business is currently the highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time in its home territory, grossing more than $20m.
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025
This was followed by a blessing from Eastern rite Catholic churches, chanted in Greek by patriarchs and priests.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Biden was also seen being escorted to his seat by his wife and a priest, gripping onto both and moving cautiously.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Francis rose through the ranks as a Jesuit priest in his home country of Argentina.
—Susan Miller, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025
This was followed by a blessing from Eastern rite Catholic churches, chanted in Greek by patriarchs and priests.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Biden was also seen being escorted to his seat by his wife and a priest, gripping onto both and moving cautiously.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Francis rose through the ranks as a Jesuit priest in his home country of Argentina.
—Susan Miller, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priest
Noun
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McBride wrote the premiere’s cold open — in which Elijah murders a preacher while robbing his collection box, then assumes his identity — several years ago.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Opportunistic Congolese politicians and preachers have amplified hate speech against the Congolese Tutsi community, from which most M23 leaders come.—
Jason K. Stearns,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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The clerics getting the celebrity treatment mobbed by reporters tracking their every move.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The Druze cleric who was accused has denied making the insult.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Related article Conclave: A visual guide to the secretive process of choosing a new pope Throughout his papacy, however, Francis faced fierce resistance from small, but noisy, conservative Catholic groups and a certain amount of indifference and silent resistance from bishops in the hierarchy.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Catholics believe that each pope, the bishop of Rome, is a successor to the throne held by Saint Peter, with authority over the church, according to Britannica.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The Chinese government has not confirmed who else will be with Mr. He at the meetings or if Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security, who directs its narcotics control commission, will attend.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country’s armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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As Tomas’s dementia progressed, the former pastor held to his routines.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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Preserving community gems Michael Major is a reverend at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia.—
Buffy Gorrilla,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most of the cards feature gothic-style fonts, limited colors like black and red, and some were even sent by reverends or churches.—
Paul du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priest. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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