clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

• archdeacon — (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
• archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate — a senior clergyman
• chaplain — a clergyman ministering to some institution
• cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic — a clergyman or other person in religious orders
• curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
• deacon, Catholic deacon — a cleric ranking just below a priest in Roman Catholic churches
• dominus, dominie, domine, dominee — a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
• officiant — a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
• ordinand — a person being ordained
• ordinary — a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
• postulator — (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
• preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser — someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
• priest — a clergyman in many Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites
• shepherd — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
• vicar — (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
• vicar — (United States Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
• Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher — United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887)
• Donne, John Donne — English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
• Keble, John Keble — English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford Movement (1792-1866)
• King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr. — United States Baptist minister and charismatic civil rights leader who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
• Wesley, John Wesley — English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
• Williams, Roger Williams — English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

• spiritual leader — a leader in religious or sacred affairs

• clergy — clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)