n. 25B6; noun CLERGYMAN, CLERGYWOMAN, minister (of religion), cleric, clerk in holy orders, ecclesiastic, pastor, parson, father, curé, churchman, churchwoman, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God; Scottish kirkman; N. Amer. dominie; informal reverend, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot; Austral. informal josser; dated divine. See list.
Priests, Religious Officials, and Members of Religious Orders
ancient Roman rector
augur rural dean
flamen sacristan
haruspex seminarist/seminarian
oracle sexton
pontifex sister
Pythia succentor
ancient Celtic thurifer
druid verger
ovate vicar
Buddhist See also Christian religious orders list at Christianity .
Dalai Lama Hindu
lama rishi
Panchen Lama Brahman
pongyi guru
talapoin mahant
Christian panda
abbess pandit
abbott pujari
acolyte rishi
almoner Jewish
anchoress cantor
anchorite chief rabbi
archimandrite hazzan
archbishop kohen/cohen
archdeacon Levite
beadle rabbi
bishop rebbe
brother rebbetzin
canon Muslim
canoness ayatollah
cantor caliph
cardinal fakir
chaplain imam
churchwarden muezzin
confessor mullah
curate sheikh
deacon Sikh
deaconess guru
dean voodoo
elder houngan
friar mamaloi
lay brother mambo
lay sister papaloi
mendicant Zoroastrian/Parsee
minister dastur
monk magus
Monsignor general/other
mother superior archpriest
nun cleric
nuncio hierarch
patriarch hierophant
pope high priest
precentor preacher
prelate priest
presbyter priestess
primate santero
prior witch
prioress witch doctor