PASTORS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word pastors. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PASTORS
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clergymen | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | ||||||||
ministers | nounn | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
preachers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | ||||||||
priests | 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 | ||||||||
reverends | nounn | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
curate | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
parson | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||||
rector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||||
shepherd | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a clergyman who watches over a group of people • a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock verb • watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils • tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | ||||||||
minister of religion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person authorized to conduct religious worship | ||||||||
subgenus pastor | nounn | |||||||
noun • only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus |