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Recent Examples of clergyperson What makes the family tradition sustainable in central Massachusetts, where the Vallelis now live, is a pastor-sharing arrangement between two congregations that couldn’t afford a full-time clergyperson on their own. G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clergyperson
Noun
  • The Vatican said the photo was taken Sunday when the pope celebrated Mass with other priests in the chapel.
    Joshua McElwee, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, cries for help emerged on social media for a group of priests trapped inside a church in the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood, which endured much of the attack by the Viv Ansanm gang coalition that began late Tuesday.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Two years later, the couple married in 1966 during a ceremony that was only attended by her mother, Avie Lee, the preacher and the preacher's wife.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • According to Parton's website, the only people to attend the small service were Dolly's mother, Avie Lee Parton, a preacher and his wife.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.
    Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.
    Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While in town, travelers can also visit the Rosa Parks Museum, which tells the story of the Montgomery bus boycott and the fight against segregation, and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. King served as a pastor.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Clergyperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clergyperson. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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