Preacher - English meaning

noun

Each of the twelve chief disciples of jesus christ.

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This is evident in the lives of the prophets, john the baptist, the apostles and the lord jesus chr…

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Any of the twelve men whom jesus christ chose to teach other people about christianity, or someone who strongly supports a particular belief or political movement

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A male member of the christian clergy or of a church.

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Or perhaps the remark was a mere evasion, a way of saying politely to a prominent churchman that af…

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A man who is actively involved in the church, especially as a priest or other official

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A female member of the christian clergy or of a church.

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‘we have tried not to focus just on our sisters,’ she said, referring to the widely known churchwom…

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A male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a christian one.

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The reverand has been for a quarter of a century a clergyman in hampshire.

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A member of the clergy

noun

A female priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a christian one.

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The preacher of the day on tuesday was a prominent methodist clergywoman.

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A woman who is a member of the clergy

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A priest or religious leader, especially a christian or muslim one.

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Based on what you just got through saying, the senior clerics have no use for this guy.

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A religious leader; a member of the clergy

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The committee was composed of jewish, catholic, protestant, and muslim clerics.

prefix

Variant spelling of ex-1 (as in elect, emit ).

prefix

Denoting something in electronic form, especially the use of electronic data transfer for information exchange and financial transactions via the internet.

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E-cash

noun

The fifth letter of the alphabet.

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In o level about half of those entered obtained d or e grades

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A person who seeks to convert others to the christian faith, especially by public preaching.

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An american television evangelist

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A person who speaks in public and tries to persuade people to become christians, esp. in the past by traveling and holding religious meetings

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A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote christianity in a foreign country.

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Yet how many christians today give even a tenth to support pastors, evangelists and missionaries?

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission.

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Missionary work

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A person who has been sent to a place, usually a foreign country, to teach a religion to the people who live there

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Pearl buck was raised in china, where her parents were christian missionaries.

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A beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar.

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But, for the modern episcopalian, the country parson is probably an ideal figure, remote and more l…

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Any christian priest

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An ordained minister of the catholic, orthodox, or anglican church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments.

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The priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept

verb

Ordain to the priesthood.

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He was made deacon in 1990 and priested in 1994