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Recent Examples of pastor
Grim Tale The pastor, who had known the bride since elementary school, began his sermon with a sentimental note about the church bells ringing before the service.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The church's current senior pastor, Rev. Raphael Warnock, is also pulling double duty as the junior U.S. Senator from Georgia.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
The National Hispanic Pastors’ Alliance is the nation’s fastest-growing Hispanic pastors organization.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The pastor at the church, Jose Cervantes, said the first fire refugees arrived at the church on Tuesday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The church's current senior pastor, Rev. Raphael Warnock, is also pulling double duty as the junior U.S. Senator from Georgia.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
The National Hispanic Pastors’ Alliance is the nation’s fastest-growing Hispanic pastors organization.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The pastor at the church, Jose Cervantes, said the first fire refugees arrived at the church on Tuesday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastor
Noun
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The church is the spiritual home to about 500 families, according to the church's rector, the Rev. Bruce Freeman.—
Sarah Ventre,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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Wiley, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson, will lead an outdoor prayer service at the house of worship Tuesday night as a way of blessing the people of a country that have so often seemed bitterly divided over politics.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
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Most songs concern a protagonist who pursued a career as a clergyman despite a lack of faith.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 2005, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the leading Shiite clergyman, was forced to mediate between rival Shiite groups amid a deadly Sunni insurgency.—
Ranj Alaaldin,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Sep. 2018
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On Wednesday, Bishop Robert Casey, the vicar general of Archdiocese of Chicago, said the Catholic Church will continue to offer resources for immigrants in the city, including their immigration ministry and the services offered through Catholic Charities.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Better would it have been had the vicar never been born.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
30 Sep. 2024
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.—
Shadi Hamid,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2024
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The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2024
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Pentecostalism was about two decades old at the time, and its early practices of interracial worship, speaking in tongues, and divine healing were subjects of lively conversation among the relatively staid and respectable churchmen of mainline Protestantism.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Aug. 2024
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If the dominant Spaniards of The Betrothed are unjust, self-interested, and pompous, few of the Italians — including churchmen — are any better.—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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Before the first red tones Begin to warm the sky The earth wakes up, and moans At the small sad cry Of cups and saucers cracking, The masters’ precious dream Of roses, of mowers raking And shepherds on the lawn.—
Robert Pinsky,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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Aides to President Biden swept into Lebanon while bombs were still falling to negotiate a cease-fire and shepherd a political process.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Here’s a list January 21, 2025 3:19 PM Read Next National US Catholic bishops condemn Trump immigration crackdown.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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In 1980, the bishops of the United States began partnering with the federal government to carry out this service when Congress created the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Kingsley was born in 1819, the son of a curate who subjected him to a rigorous and frequently brutal education.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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It was supposed to be Trismegistus, but the maid tasked with telling the curate got distracted and forgot all but the first syllable.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastor. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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