RELIGIOUS LEADER Synonyms

• a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• 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

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

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

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

• each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

• a recognized leader in some field or of some movement

• (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 jurist who interprets Muslim religious law

• civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

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

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

• title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

• the male head of family or tribe

• any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

• a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• 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

• 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

• the leader of an Arab village or family