as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the marriage will be performed by our usual preacher
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Recent Examples of preacher
Born in Round Rock, Talarico is currently training to become a preacher.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Raised by a preacher and a professional bodybuilder father, Pope draws on his upbringing to confront internalized homophobia and navigate his identity.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Hull had been visiting relatives, and the preacher was also spending the night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
The first was the 1926 murder of a man in a church office by larger-than-life Baptist preacher J. Frank Norris of Fort Worth; the second was the 1927 lynching of John Carter in Little Rock and the later execution of Lonnie Dixon.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Raised by a preacher and a professional bodybuilder father, Pope draws on his upbringing to confront internalized homophobia and navigate his identity.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Hull had been visiting relatives, and the preacher was also spending the night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
The first was the 1926 murder of a man in a church office by larger-than-life Baptist preacher J. Frank Norris of Fort Worth; the second was the 1927 lynching of John Carter in Little Rock and the later execution of Lonnie Dixon.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preacher
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After a violent campaign in which Buddhists killed a number of priests and destroyed churches, in 1909, locals built the church that Galipeau visited in Cizhong.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
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But over the summer of 2022, churches in the city started being shut down and priests detained.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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In 1598, friend and fellow clergyman Francesco Maria del Monte hosted a struggling artist at his family palazzo—a one Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Now, Lubin works in marketing for a toy company and serves on the board of BOLD Justice, an advocacy group made up of local clergymen based in Broward.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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In the 1920s, at the tail end of World War I, Dr. William Goodwin–then pastor of Virginia’s historic Bruton Parish Church–wrote to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. with a petition to restore his hometown of Colonial Williamsburg.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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There will be an Anglican funeral service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Va at 11:00 am on December 21, 2024, officiated by her pastor, The Rev. Jonathan Kell, rector of Church of Our Saviour, Oatlands.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Congo's health minister, Roger Kamba, reported an additional 44 deaths occurring in the community.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The former defense minister, who took full responsibility for the martial law declaration in a statement from his attorney Tuesday, became the first government official to be formally arrested for the series of events late Tuesday evening local time.Joohee Cho, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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And the reverend’s response reveals a contradiction that many Black Christian women have faced: They are encouraged to seek spiritual freedom but are still expected to remain subservient.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Clergy Council’s website has been scrubbed of several references to the reverend’s position as president there.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Preacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preacher. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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