PRIESTS Synonyms

• being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

• (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• serving as an essential component

• a clergyman ministering to some institution

• in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• a Protestant layman who assists the minister

• a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

• 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

• perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

• search by divining, as if with a rod

• of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

• (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide

• 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

• attend to the wants and needs of others

• work as a minister

• a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

• United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

• the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a woman religious

• a buoy resembling a cone

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

• only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

• a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher

• spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law

• a title of respect for a clergyman

• a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

• worthy of adoration or reverence

• 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