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EPISCOPATES Antonyms

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

Best Opposite Words For EPISCOPATES

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clergy
nounn
noun

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

laity
nounn
noun

• in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

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

elders
nounn
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

laypeople
nounn
noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

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

pastors
nounn
noun

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

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

presbyters
nounn
noun

• an elder in the Presbyterian Church

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

Alternatives for LAITY

Alternatives for DEACONS

Alternatives for ELDERS

Alternatives for LAYPEOPLE

Alternatives for MINISTERS

Alternatives for PASTORS

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