| Main Entry: | bishop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyman |
Synonyms: |
abba, administrator, angel, archer, berretta, cap, cleric, coadjutor, diocesan, director, metropolitan, miter, mitre, overseer, patriarch, pontiff, pope, prelate, priest, primate, suffragan |
| Main Entry: | clergyperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister of church |
Synonyms: |
abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of church |
Synonyms: |
abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Main Entry: | clergyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister |
Synonyms: |
abbey, archbishop, bible thumper, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchman, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, devil dodger, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, harp polisher, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, sky pilot, sky scout, the rev, turn-around collar, vicar |
Antonyms: |
layman, layperson |
| Main Entry: | lord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master |
Synonyms: |
aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, man upstairs, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, old man, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount |
| Main Entry: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | archbishop |
Synonyms: |
archpriest, bishop, cardinal, clergyperson, metropolitan, patriarch, priest, suffragan |
| Main Entry: | pontiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head of Catholic Church |
Synonyms: |
bishop, pontifex, pope |
| Main Entry: | prelate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | priest |
Synonyms: |
abbess, abbot, archbishop, bishop, cardinal, dignitary, ecclesiastic, hierarch |