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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

a member of the church who performs religious ceremonies;

e.g. The minister at our local church delivers a sermon every Sunday.

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Agent

Ambassador

Ambassadress

Assignee

Attorney

Brother

Clergyperson

Cleric

Clerical

Clerk

Commissary

Consul

Curate

Deacon

Delegate

Deputation

Deputy

Diplomat

Divine

Ecclesiastic

Emissary

Envoy

Executor

Factor

Friar

Legate

Missionary

Nuncio

Oblate

Plenipotentiary

Preacher

Priest

Procurator

Proxy

Rep

Representative

Reverend

Sister

Subagent

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Opposite Words

Layman

Layperson

Secular

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Related Words

Abbot

Administrator

Alternate

Ambassador

Ambassadress

Apostle

Arbiter

Arbitrator

Archbishop

Archpriest

Backup

Bishop

Broker

Chaplain

Churchman

Clergyman

Clergywoman

Confessor

Consul

Courier

Curate

Cure

Deaconess

Dean

Deputation

Deputy

Detachment

Diplomat

Director

Distributor

Emissary

Evangelist

Executive

Father

Friar

Go-between

Informer

Intermediary

Legate

Legation

Manager

Mediator

Mendicant

Messenger

Middleman

Missionary

Monastic

Monk

Monsignor

Mouthpiece

Nuncio

Oblate

Operative

Padre

Parson

Pastor

Peacemaker

Plenipotentiary

Pope

Prelate

Presbyter

Priestess

Procurator

Prophet

Proxy

Raise

Rector

Relief

Religious

Replacement

Revivalist

Shepherd

Speaker

Spokesman

Spy

Stand-in

Sub

Substitute

Superintendent

Supervisor

Support

Surrogate

Understudy

Vicar

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