ECCLESIASTIC Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word ecclesiastic. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| cleric | nounn | |||||
noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||||||
| clergyman | nounn | |||||
noun • a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | ||||||
| father | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| minister | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship • a person appointed to a high office in the government • a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador • the job of a head of a government department verb • attend to the wants and needs of others • work as a minister | ||||||
| parson | nounn | |||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||
| pastor | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||
| preacher | nounn | |||||
noun • someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | ||||||
| priest | nounn | |||||
noun • a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders • a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion | ||||||
| reverend | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a title of respect for a clergyman • a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church adjective satellite • worthy of adoration or reverence | ||||||
| churchman | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||||||
| divine | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders • terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God adjective satellite • emanating from God • resulting from divine providence • being or having the nature of a god • devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity • appropriate to or befitting a god • being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods verb • perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers • search by divining, as if with a rod | ||||||
| ecclesiastical | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | ||||||
