religious leader
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3.4
- noun
- /rɪˈlɪdʒəs ˈliːdər/
:
líder religioso
- Many religious leaders gathered for a conference to discuss interfaith dialogue.
- seek religious leaders' help
- faith in religious leaders
- a religious leader's statement
But his successors in Cairo were merely ceremonial figures, religious leaders with little power.
- But his successors in Cairo were merely ceremonial figures, religious leaders with little power.
- And maybe that's the time the presidents talk to their countries and the religious leaders talk to their congregations.
- So we're in this guest house and the lady goes to Suroosh who's Pakistani goes does your religious leader require any special diet?
- This is important because Muhammad, like the rabbis of the Diaspora in Judaism, is both a religious leader and a judge.
- And so the, the religious leaders have thrown away their credibility with, you know, most of the great segment of their congregation.
- And what autonomy meant was the absence of heteronomy mean being bossed around by religious leaders and governments.
- We also have the POV of a religious leader who is trying to expand his Kingdom through kind of religious revolution.
- I also see, both in scientist and religious leaders, signs of arrogance, hypocrisy, greed, and a will to power.
- I know a lot of religious leaders who people thought or think are above the human and they are emphatically not.
- And you know, there's, there's sort of a passage where they talk about Jesus being in there with the great artists, philosophers and scientists and religious leaders.
- Now this takes us into another area where we see communal narcissism, which is amongst people who who are religious leaders of any kind.
Examples
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The opinions of bishops and other religious leaders clearly belong in the public square.
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There is a real religious leader with a charismatic appeal.
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Join community and religious leaders in a march to protest...
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All my debates were with religious leaders from Christian right groups in the Republican Party.
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Quality is not always an abundant supply among religious leaders or academic leaders.
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There was a session bringing together religious leaders from different faiths.
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Almost two decades after the war, religious leaders reiterate the need for reconciliation and peace.
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Critics, including religious leaders, argue her actions contradict Christian values of love and unity.
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At the same time, religious leaders are themselves believers, practitioners, and insiders to their faith.
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Coming to terms with genuine pluralism is the most important agenda facing religious leaders.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who leads religious ceremonies and worship in a church or temple
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8.9
The leader of a religious order who looks after many communities
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6.7
A Muslim religious leader who leads mosque prayers and sometimes acts as a spiritual guide
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6.4
A religious leader who leads services and prayers in a church
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3.9
A person who guides others in religious beliefs and inner life
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7.9
A person who leads a religious ceremony like a wedding
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9.9
A person who has a high position in a church or other group
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8.1
A woman who works as a religious leader in the Christian church
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9.6
A senior church leader in charge of several churches or a cathedral
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9.6
The head of a religious group who leads the whole community
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9.6
A church leader who helps a senior pastor and cares for members
A person who has an official job in a church and helps lead it
A person who leads religious services and performs ceremonies
A bishop who leads a serious church ceremony
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who leads or holds authority in a religious group' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'religious' (pertaining to religion) with 'leader' (one who leads). This is a standard adjective + noun composition common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Religious leader comes from the simple image of a person who is religious and who is a leader, like a guide walking in front of people to a place of worship. That's why religious leader means 'a person who leads or is in charge of a religious group'.