CLERGYWOMEN Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

clergywomen

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plural of clergywoman

as in clergymen

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Noun

The Vatican has long looked the other way when priests were accused of abuse involving adults, especially if the priests were bishops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
There were a lot of nuns and priests, and people crossing themselves and crying.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of priests

Noun

In the halcyon days of the televangelists, when Jim Bakker stood shoulder to shoulder with fire and brimstone preachers such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Jimmy Swaggart, the collection plate always seemed bottomless.

— Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
People of faith often embraced his work, and preachers sometimes cited it in sermons.

— Courier Journal staff, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of preachers

Noun

Churchgoers mourn beloved pastors People passing by the Pentecostal City Mission Church were overcome with emotion Friday after learning the horrific details of the crash that killed their beloved bishop and assistant pastor.

— Mark Prussin, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.

— Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Definition of pastors

Noun

The university says that Glover, in his position as executive advisor, will work with the gamut of university leadership, including the president, provost and college deans.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
His boyish looks notwithstanding, Kiernan is now one of the deans of New York television, approaching his 30th year on NY1.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of deans

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Yes, those of us who are both excited and nervous about the promise of AI welcome the prospect of kings and clerics and populist politicians alike standing up to the tech lords — who, frankly, could use some perspectives other than their own.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
In Iraq, the faction earned rebukes from clerics who had previously supported global jihad as well as from more mainstream religious leaders.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of clerics

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