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CANONESSES Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word canonesses. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For CANONESSES

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clergy
nounn
noun

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

ordained
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• fixed or established especially by order or command

• invested with ministerial or priestly functions

acolytes
nounn
noun

• someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

clergywomen
nounn
noun

• An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.

• A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.

clerics
nounn
noun

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

deacons
nounn
noun

• a Protestant layman who assists the minister

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

monks
nounn
noun

• 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)

nuns
nounn
noun

• the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a woman religious

• a buoy resembling a cone

priestesses
nounn
noun

• a woman priest

Alternatives for ORDAINED

Alternatives for ACOLYTES

Alternatives for CLERICS

Alternatives for DEACONS

Alternatives for MONKS

Alternatives for NUNS

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