Synonyms for PRIEST
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1. priestnoun

   a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

   Synonyms:
   non-Christian priest

2. priest, non-Christian priestnoun

   a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

   Synonyms:
   priest, non-Christian priest

Matched Categories

1. • Holy Order
   • Clergyman

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1. priestnoun

   Synonyms:
   clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. priestnoun

   Synonyms:
   presbyter, minister, rector, padre (Sp. Amer. and India), flamen (Rom. Antiq.), hierophant, hierarch, hieromartyr

   Associated words:
   acolyte, hierarchy, hierocracy, hagiarchy, exeat, hierarchism, hierarchal, hieratic, hagiocracy, unfrock, ordain, ordination, sacerdotalism, pontificate, pontific, pontifical, priesthood, holy orders, priestcraft, priest-ridden, soutane, cassock, vestments, canonicals, rectory, incumbent

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1. List of paraphrases for "priest":

   priester, preacher, pastor, clergyman, vicar, parson, padre, shepherd, pasteur, father

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1. Amanda Priest:

   Following the court's adverse ruling, the Attorney General immediately filed an appeal to the Eighth Circuit, amanda Priest continues to defend Arkansas law protecting women's health by requiring a board certified or eligible OBGYN to perform an abortion, as well as Arkansas laws that( protect) unborn life by prohibiting abortions after 18 weeks and at any time if based on a Down Syndrome diagnosis.

2. Katherine Helmond:

   I don't think it's lurid, daytime soaps go into areas - lesbianism, married nuns, a woman in love with a priest - that would not be touched in prime time. And they're super-serious. We just take real situations and exaggerate them.

3. Alan Watts:

   We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician.

4. Donald Trump:

   Under this rule, if a pastor, priest or imam speaks about issues of public or political importance, they are threatened with the loss of their tax exempt status -- a crippling financial punishment, very, very unfair. But no longer.

5. Kobe Bryant:

   The one thing that really helped me during that process — I'm Catholic, I grew up Catholic, my kids are Catholic — was talking to a priest.