PARSONS Synonyms
3 hypernyms for parsons. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PARSONS
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| minister | verb, noun v, 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 | ||||||
| pastor | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||
| priest | noun n | |||||
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 | ||||||
| vicar | noun n | |||||
noun • a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman • (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel • (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish | ||||||
| clergy | noun n | |||||
noun • in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | ||||||
| clergyman | noun n | |||||
noun • a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | ||||||
| preacher | noun n | |||||
noun • someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | ||||||
| reverend | noun, adjective n, 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 | ||||||
| cleric | noun n | |||||
noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||||||
| curate | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||
| father | verb, noun v, 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 | ||||||
| rector | noun n | |||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||
| minister of religion | noun n | |||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||