PRESBYTER Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word presbyter. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PRESBYTER
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| churchman | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||||||
| clergy | nounn | |||||
noun • in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | ||||||
| clergyman | nounn | |||||
noun • a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | ||||||
| deacon | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a Protestant layman who assists the minister • a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders | ||||||
| elder | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| pastor | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||