All churchman synonyms

noun churchman

• minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
• cleric — A cleric is a member of the clergy.
• pontiff — any pontifex.
• rabbi — the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community. Compare cantor (def 2).
• pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
• preacher — a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
• priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
• chaplain — A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
• bishop — A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
• missionary — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
• clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
• minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
• shepherd — a male given name.
• vicar — Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
• curate — A curate is a clergyman in the Anglican Church who helps the priest.
• primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
• clerk — A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
• father — a male parent.
• abbey — An abbey is a church with buildings attached to it in which monks or nuns live or used to live.
• cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
• parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
• rector — a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
• dean — A dean is an important official at a university or college.
• divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
• ecclesiastic — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
• padre — father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
• cassock — A cassock is a long piece of clothing, often black, that is worn by members of the clergy in some churches.
• archbishop — In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
• monsignor — a title conferred upon certain prelates.
• reverend — (initial capital letter) (used as a title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order): Reverend Timothy Cranshaw; Reverend Mother.
• sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
• sky pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
• predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
• pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
• clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
• clerical — Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
• churchwoman — a female practising member of a church