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
And the battles continue under Johan’s 58-year-old nephew Erik af Klint—named after his grandfather—a medical doctor and Christian preacher who heads the board today.
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The station became the destination for community leaders, politicians and preachers looking to get their message out.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
Apart from being a champion boxer, successful businessman and preacher, George Foreman — who died Friday at age 76 — also helped bring his life story to the big screen in 2023.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Alongside Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters and a giant sinking ocean liner, Hackman played a preacher trying to get everyone to safety before suffering a watery doom.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The station became the destination for community leaders, politicians and preachers looking to get their message out.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
Apart from being a champion boxer, successful businessman and preacher, George Foreman — who died Friday at age 76 — also helped bring his life story to the big screen in 2023.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Alongside Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters and a giant sinking ocean liner, Hackman played a preacher trying to get everyone to safety before suffering a watery doom.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preacher
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Again, Two Spears deduces the facts — that the priest must have killed the girl’s father before the girl killed the priest in self-defense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 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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The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.—
Brett Martel,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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The highlight is an interactive Easter story led by Village Church’s senior pastor, the Rev. Jack Baca.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Its pastor rejoiced Have the flu or know someone with it?—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The country’s minister of tourism and sports said that while more than 1,000 hotel rooms were canceled in the immediate aftermath of the quake, the impact of the natural disaster on tourism is expected to be short term in nature, according to the report.—
Monica Pitrelli,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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Since the summer of 2023, more than a dozen high-ranking figures in China’s defense establishment have been ousted in a sweeping purge that focused on the country’s nuclear force and equipment procurement, including two defense ministers promoted to the CMC by Xi.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 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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“Preacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preacher. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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