preacher
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈpriːtʃər/
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predicador
- Every Sunday, a local preacher shares messages of hope and faith with the church community.
- become a preacher
- Baptist preacher
- itinerant preacher
It is easy to be a preacher of noble truths.
- It is easy to be a preacher of noble truths.
- That's why I watch a lot of preachers on YouTube.
- That means banning preachers of hate from coming to our country.
- So a lot of your great politicians or preachers will use this voice.
- He said that two types of people come out of Louisiana, preachers and storytellers.
- And she kept my like when I met her, her dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ.
- It's this kind of rap of of a, of a phony TV preacher.
- And I'm twisting through the dial and I come across a preacher.
- And I was just, I'm just always interested about these super churches with these preachers that have brands.
- Just Dateline NBC machine gun preacher Joseph Kony.
- I love some preacher like God will choose.
Examples
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The preacher delivered an inspirational sermon that brought the congregation to tears.
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There must be a preacher in the village.
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And it means I heard a preacher years ago.
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And she kept my like when I met her, her dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ.
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You sound like a preacher man.
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My mama always said I was going to be a preacher.
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Let me call a preacher.
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We hitched a ride with a Methodist preacher who treated us to a hot lunch.
Fiction book (1990) -
Homer is in his mid-70s, and his tenure as a preacher is the second longest in the settlement.
Academic text (1992) -
Methodists all over the state exchanged preachers once a year, in May.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who leads religious ceremonies and worship in a church or temple
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3.0
A religious leader who cares for and leads a Christian church, usually in Protestant churches
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3.9
A senior church leader who supervises priests in a group of local churches
101
5.2
A Christian church leader often given a formal title before their name
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4.1
A person who goes to another place to spread a religion by teaching or helping people
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7.3
A religious leader who cares for and guides a group of church members
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6.4
A religious leader who leads services and prayers in a church
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6.7
A person who tells people about the Christian faith and asks them to join
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5.4
A Christian priest in charge of a local church
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4.7
A man who leads services and gives spiritual help in a church
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7.0
A preacher who speaks on television to many people
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6.8
A man who talks about Christian beliefs in church
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7.8
A church leader who leads services and cares for a local church
3
7.9
A person who leads a religious ceremony like a wedding
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7.7
A preacher who leads large religious meetings to bring people back to faith
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6.0
A man who leads or works in a Christian church
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9.8
A person who gives religious talks in church
A person who gives religious talks to a group of people
A person who reads and explains the Christian message from the Bible in church
A person who tries to persuade others to follow a religion
A person who leads religious services and performs ceremonies
A person who helps during a religious service, for example by giving communion
A church leader who shares duties with another leader
Compounds
A Roman Catholic religious man from the Dominican order who wears a black cloak and preaches
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preacher The word preacher comes from the verb preach, from an old Latin word praedicare meaning 'to make known' or 'to tell'. So a preacher is someone who 'makes a message known' to people, especially in a church.