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abba	a Syriac or Coptic bishop.
abbacy abbotcy abbotship	the office of ABBOT.
abbatial	pertaining to ABBOTS or an abbey.
abbe	a courtesy title given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
abbess	a female ABBOT, head of a nunnery.
abbot	the superior of a monastery.
abbotcy	see ABBACY.
abbotship	see ABBACY.
ablegate	a papal envoy or legate.
acoemeti	an ancient monastic order who maintained an eternal choir service. [Gk. akoimetos, sleepless].
acolouthite	an acolyte.
acolyte acolyth	(Greek) a faithful follower.
alfaki alfaqui alfaquin	a Muslim expounder of the law.
anchoress ancress	a female ANCHORET.
anchoret anchorite	one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons.
anchoretic anchoretical	of or like an ANCHORET.
anchorite	see ANCHORET.
anchoritic	of or like an ANCHORITE.
ancress	see ANCHORESS.
anointer	one who anoints.
antipope	one who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
apocalyptist	the writer of an apocalypse.
apostle	a disciple sent forth by Christ to preach the gospel.
apostolate	the office of an APOSTLE.
apostolic apostolical	relating to the office of APOSTLE.
archbishop	a BISHOP at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank.
archdeacon	a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan BISHOP in ceremonial functions or administrative work.
archdruid	a chief or presiding druid.
archimandrite	the head of a monastery or convent.
archpriest	a chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
arhat	a Buddhist who has attained nirvana, a LOHAN.
arhatship	the state of being an ARHAT.
ayatollah	an Iranian religious leader.
bacchant	a priest of Bacchus.
bacchante	a priestess of Bacchus.
baptist baptizer	one who baptizes.
bapu	(Hindu) a spiritual father.
beadman beadsman bedeman bedesman	a monk or almoner who prays for a benefactor
beadswoman	a female BEADSMAN, a monk or almoner who prays for a benefactor.
beghard beguin	in Flanders, a man living a monastic life without vows and with power to return to the world.
bhikhu bhikkhuni	a fully ordained Buddhist monk.
biblicist	one skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.
bibliolater	one having excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted; one with extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.
biblist	one who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.
bishop	a senior clergyman consecrated for the spiritual direction of a diocese; (verb) to fill, or otherwise tamper with, the teeth of (a horse, to make it seem younger).
bishopdom	the jurisdiction of a bishop; an EPISCOPATE.
bishopess	a female BISHOP: BISHOPESSES.
bishopric	the diocese or jurisdiction of a BISHOP; the rank or office of a BISHOP.
boddhisattva bodhisattva	a Buddhist who gives up Nirvana out of compassion for others.
bonze	a Japanese or Chinese Buddhist religious teacher. [Japanese bonzo or bonzi, a priest].
cabalist cabbalist qabalist	one who practices CABALISM.
caloyer	a Greek Orthodox monk, especially of the order of St Basil.
camerlengo camerlingo	the papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household.
canon	a member of an order of clergy living in a clergy-house or within the precincts of a cathedral etc. in accordance with the canons of the church.
canoness	a woman living in a community under a religious rule.
canonicate	the rank or office of a CANON.
canoniser canonizer	one who canonises.
cantor	a singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a PRECENTOR.
cardinal	one of the leading dignitaries of the church constituting the Sacred College at Rome, to whom pertains the right of electing a new pope; (adj.) of fundamental importance: CARDINALLY.
cartulary	a keeper of monastic records.
catechiser catechizer catechist	one who catechises i.e. instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
catholicos	the Primate of the Armenian or Nestorian church: CATHOLICOI.
cellarer cellarist	a monastery official in charge of provisions.
cenobite coenobite	a monk; a member of religious group.
cenobitic cenobitical coenobitic	of or like a CENOBITE. Also CENOBITICAL, COENOBITIC.
cenobitical	relating to a cenobite. Also CENOBITIC, COENOBITIC.
chaplain	the member of clergy attached to a chapel; spec. a member of the clergy officiating in the private chapel of a household or institution, on board ship, or for a regiment, school, etc.
chaplaincy chaplainry	the office, position, or station of a chaplain.
chazan	a cantor in a synagogue: CHAZANIM or CHAZANS.
chazzan	a cantor in a synagogue: CHAZZANS or CHAZZANIM.
chazzen	a cantor in a synagogue: CHAZZENS or CHAZZENIM.
chela	a novice or disciple in Buddhism: CHELAS; also, the claw of an arthropod: CHELAE.
chelaship	discipleship.
churchman	a clergyman or ecclesiastic: CHURCHMEN, CHURCHMANLY.
churchmanly	in the manner of a CHURCHMAN.
churchwoman	a woman who is a member of a church: CHURCHWOMEN.
clergy	the body of persons ordained for religious service.
clergyman	one who works for the church.
clergywoman	a woman who is a member of the clergy.
cleric	a member of the clergy.
clerical	like a cleric: CLERICALLY; (noun) a cleric.
clericate	the position of a clergyman.
clericity	the state of being a clergyman.
cloistress	(Shakesp.) a nun.
coadjutor	a BISHOP assisting a diocesan bishop and having the right of succession.
coadjutrix	a female COADJUTOR or assistant: COADJUTRIXES.
coenobite	see CENOBITE.
cohen kohen	a member of the Jewish priestly class, descended from Aaron, having certain privileges and obligations in the synagogue > COHENS, KOHANIM.
colporteur	a peddler of religious books. [Fr. col, neck + porter, to carry].
conclavist	one of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a CARDINAL in the conclave.
confessor	one who hears confession.
consultor	an advisor to a Catholic BISHOP.
conventual	of or pertaining to a convent; (noun) a monk or nun.
copastor	one that shares the duties of a PASTOR.
corybant	one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia, whose rites were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc: CORYBANTES or CORYBANTS.
corybantism	the rites associated with CORYBANTS.
curacy	the office of CURATE.
curate	an assistant to a parish priest; (verb) to act as a curate.
curateship	the office of CURATE.
curia	a papal court and its officials: CURIAE or CURIAS.
curial	relating to a CURIA, a papal court and its officials.
custos	a guardian, custodian or keeper, especially of convents or monasteries: CUSTODES.
dataria datary	an officer of the papal court charged with registering and dating bulls etc. and with granting indults and graces.
dayan	a senior RABBI: DAYANS or DAYANIM.
deacon	in Episcopal churches, a member of the order of clergy under priests; (verb) to put the best looking goods on top of the pile.
deaconess	a female DEACON.
deaconhood deaconry deaconship	the office or ministry of a DEACON or DEACONESS.
dean	a dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches who presides over the canons; (verb) to serve as a dean.
deanery deanship	the office of a DEAN.
decanal	relating to a dean: DECANALLY or DECANICALLY.
decretist	one who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the DECRETALS.
dervish	a Muslim (spec. Sufi) religious man who has taken vows of poverty and austerity.
diaconal	of or pertaining to a deacon.
diaconate	the office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
dignitary	someone in a high position or rank, esp in the church.
diocesan	the BISHOP of a diocese.
diocese	the circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction.
domine dominee	a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church or other Afrikaner church.
druid	a Celtic priest.
druidess	a lady DRUID.
druidic druidical	pertaining to, or resembling, the DRUIDS.
druidry	the profession of DRUID.
ecclesiast ecclesiastic	a person consecrated to the church, such as a priest or a clergyman.
energumen	a person supposedly possessed by an evil spirit.
episcopant	a holder of a BISHOPRIC.
episcopate	a bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop; (verb, Milton) to act as a bishop.
episcopise episcopize	to make a bishop of by consecration.
epistoler	the reader of the epistle in an Anglican service.
epopt	a person fully initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries.
eremital	of or like an EREMITE.
eremite	a hermit, esp: a religious recluse.
eremitish	like an EREMITE, a hermit.
evangelist	a writer of any of the four Gospels.
exarch	a viceroy; the rank below patriarch in the Eastern church.
exarchal	relating to an EXARCH.
exarchate	the office or the province of an EXARCH.
exarchist	a supporter of the Bulgarian EXARCH.
fakeer fakir faqir faquir	a religious (esp Muslim) mendicant, ascetic or wonder-worker in India, etc.
fakirism	being a FAKIR, a Hindu ascetic.
fecial fetial fetialis	in ancient Rome: a member of a group of priests who acted as heralds and performed the rites connected with the declaration of war and conclusion of peace. The pl. of FETIALIS is FETIALES.
flamen	a priest of a Roman deity: FLAMENS or FLAMINES.
flaminical	pertaining to a FLAMEN.
frate	a friar, a mendicant Franciscan: FRATI.
frater	a monk; also, a house for monks.
fratery fratry	a fraternity; a convent of friars.
frere	a friar.
friar	a member of a religious order.
friarly	resembling or characteristic of a FRIAR.
friary	an establishment for FRIARS.
gooroo guru	in Hinduism, a spiritual teacher.
gospeler gospeller	one of the four EVANGELISTS.
guru	see GOOROO.
gurudom guruism guruship	the state of being a GURU.
gyrovague	a monk who travels from one place to another.
hagadist haggadist	a scholar versed in the HAGGADAH, a Jewish scripture.
hakam	a Jewish sage, a rabbinical commentator. [Hebrew hakham, wise].
halachist halakhist	a practioner of Jewish religious law.
hazan	a cantor in a synagogue: HAZANIM or HAZANS.
hazzan	a cantor in a synagogue: HAZZANS or HAZZANIM.
hebdomadary	a member of a chapter or convent, who takes his or her weekly turn in performing the sacred offices of the Church.
hegumen	the head of a monastery.
hegumene	the head of a nunnery.
hegumenos	a HEGUMEN, the head of a monastery: HEGUMENOI.
hegumeny	the office of HEGUMEN, the head of a monastery.
heortologist	one who practises HEORTOLOGY, the study of religious feasts.
heresiarch	the leader of a heretical movement.
hermit	a recluse, esp. one with a religious motivation.
hermitess	a female hermit.
hermitic	of or like a hermit.
hermitical	pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.
hermitism hermitry	the state of being a hermit.
hieratic hieratical	pertaining to priests.
hierocrat	a governing priest.
hierodule	a temple slave in the service of a specified deity.
hierodulic	relating to a HIERODULE.
hierologist	a student of HIEROLOGY, the science of sacred matters.
hierophant	one who shows or reveals sacred things; a priest.
hojatoleslam hojatolislam	an Iranian cleric below the rank of AYATOLLAH.
houngan hungan	a voodoo priest.
iconoclast	a breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
imam imaum	the officer who leads the devotions in a mosque.
incumbent	imposed on > INCUMBENTLY; (noun) a person who holds an ecclesiastical benefice, or any office.
infirmarer infirmarian	an officer in a mediaeval monastery who was in charge of the infirmary.
internuncio	a messenger between two parties; a low-ranking papal legate > INTERNUNCIOS.
kahuna	a priest or medicine-man; an expert in any field.
khazen	a cantor in a synagogue > KHAZENIM or KHAZENS.
kirkman	a clergyman or officer in a kirk.
lama	a Tibetan monk or priest.
lampadary	in the Greek Church, someone who looks after the lamps and carries a lighted taper before the patriarch.
lector	a reader, esp. in a college or church service.
lectorate lectorship	the office of LECTOR, a reader, esp. in a college or church service.
lectress	a female LECTOR.
legate	an emissary of the pope; (verb) to bequeath.
legateship	the office of a LEGATE.
legatine	relating to a LEGATE.
levite	a clergyman.
levitic levitical	of or like a LEVITE or clergyman.
limiter lymiter	a friar who had a license to beg within certain areas.
liturgist	a leader in public worship.
lohan	a Buddhist who has attained nirvana, an ARHAT.
lymiter	see LIMITER.
maharishi	a Hindu teacher of mysticism and spiritual knowledge.
mahatma	a religious adept, a sage. [Skr. mahatman, great-souled].
mahatmaism	the state of being a MAHATMA.
marabout	a Moslem hermit or saint (N. Africa) or his tomb. [Fr. from Arabic murabit, hermit].
marrano	a Jew who has converted to Christianity to avoid persecution > MARRANOS.
martext	an ignorant preacher.
mashgiach	a person who ensures adherence to kosher rules > MASHGICHIM.
mashgiah	a person who ensures adherence to kosher rules > MASHGIHIM.
mashiach	in Judaism, the Messiah.
masspriest	a priest retained in chantries to say masses for the dead.
maulvi moolvi moolvie	a teacher in Islam.
melamed	a teacher in a Jewish school > MELAMDIM.
messiah	an expected liberator.
messias	the Messiah > MESSIASES.
metropolitan	an ARCHBISHOP holding authority over other bishops.
minister	a member of the clergy in certain denominations of the Christian church; (verb) to give aid or service.
missionary	a person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission.
mohel	in Jewish religion, one who performs circumcisions > MOHELS, MOHELIM or MOHALIM.
molla mollah moolah mulla mullah	a Muslim learned in theology and law.
monachal	of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.
monachist	an adherent of MONACHISM, the monastic way of life.
monastic	relating to monks > MONASTICALLY; (noun) a monk > MONASTICS.
monastical	of or pertaining to monasteries.
monk	a man who is a member of a secluded religious order.
monkery	monks in general; monasticism.
monkhood	the state or profession of a monk.
monkish	pertaining to monks > MONKISHLY.
monsignor	an honorific title given to a Roman Catholic prelate, officer of the papal court and household, etc > MONSIGNORI or MONSIGNORS.
moolah	see MOLLA.
moolvi	see MAULVI.
moolvie	see MAULVI.
mueddin muezzin	the Muslim official who calls the faithful to prayer.
mujahedeen mujahedin mujahideen mujahidin	Islamic fundamentalist freedom fighters.
mulla	see MOLLA.
mullah	see MOLLA.
mullahism	the system of having MULLAHS.
nun	a female member of a religious order.
nunciature	the office of a NUNCIO.
nuncio	one who brings tidings; a high-ranking papal legate.
nunhood	the state of being a nun.
nunlike	like a nun.
nunnish	of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun.
nunship	the state of being a nun.
oblate	flattened at the poles > OBLATELY; (noun) a person dedicated to monastic or religious life or work.
oratorian	a father or priest of an oratory, a Roman Catholic school.
ordinand	one who is undertaking ordination.
ordinant	a person who ordains or confers holy orders.
ordinee	one who is being or has just been ordained.
ostiary	a doorkeeper, especially in a church.
padre	father; a title given to priests; an army chaplain.
papable	likely to, or qualified to, become POPE.
papacy	the position or office of Pope (of Rome).
papal	of or relating to the Pope or the papacy > PAPALLY.
papalise papalize	to make papal; imbue with papal principles or doctrines.
papalism	the system of having a Pope.
papalist	an adherent of PAPALISM.
papalize	see PAPALISE.
pape	a POPE.
papist	a Roman Catholic.
pardoner	one who raises money for religious works by selling indulgences.
parson	a clergyman.
parsonic parsonical	of or pertaining to a PARSON.
parsonish	appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.
pastor	a person who has care of a flock or of a congregation > PASTORLY; (verb) to serve as the spiritual overseer of.
pastorate	the office, state, or jurisdiction of a PASTOR.
pastorly	appropriate to a PASTOR.
pastorship	the office of PASTOR.
patercove	a hedge-priest i.e. a vagrant or disreputable priest.
patrico	a hedge-priest i.e. a vagrant or disreputable priest > PATRICOES.
patrologist	one who practises PATROLOGY, the study of early Christianity.
peritus	a theological consultant acting as an authority within the Roman Catholic church > PERITI.
piarist	one of a religious foundation for the education of the poor.
pillarist	an ascetic living on top of a pillar, a STYLITE.
pir	a Muslim title of honour, given to a holy man.
pontifex	a high priest; a pontiff > PONTIFICES.
pontiff	a chief priest. [L. pontifex, pontificis].
pontific	relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.
pontifical	an office-book for bishops.
pontificality	the state of being PONTIFIC.
pontify	to play the PONTIFF.
popedom	the place, office, or dignity of the pope.
popehood	the state of being a pope.
popeless	without a pope.
popelike	like a pope.
popeling	a petty or deputy pope.
popeship	the office of pope.
popish	of or pertaining to the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously > POPISHLY.
postulancy	the state or period of being a POSTULANT.
postulant	a candidate for a religious order.
postulator	an official who presents case for canonization or beatification.
preacher	one that preaches.
preachership	the office of preacher.
prebendary	a clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a PREBEND in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church.
precent	to officiate as precentor; to lead the singing of a choir or congregation.
precentor	a leader of the singing of a church choir.
precentorship	the office of PRECENTOR.
precentress	a female PRECENTOR.
precentrix	a female PRECENTOR > PRECENTRICES or PRECENTRIXES.
predicant	a preacher; spec. a member of a predicant religious order.
predikant	a Dutch reformed preacher, esp. in S. Africa.
prelacy prelaty	the office of a PRELATE; church government.
prelate	a bishop or abbot of superior rank.
prelatess	a female PRELATE.
prelatial prelatic prelatical	of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority.
prelatise prelatize	to bring under the influence of the PRELACY.
prelatish	like a PRELATE.
prelatism	domination by prelates.
prelatist	a supporter or adherent of PRELACY or EPISCOPACY.
prelature	the office of PRELATE, a bishop or abbot of superior rank.
prelaty	see PRELACY.
presbyte presbyter	an elder in the early Christian church.
presbytership	the office of PRESBYTER, an elder in the early Christian church.
presbytery	part of church reserved for officiating clergy.
presentee	someone who is presented to a benefice.
prester	a priest.
priest	an ordained minister; (verb) to act as priest.
priestcraft	priestly policy directed to worldly ends.
priestess	a female PRIEST.
priesthood	the office, dignity, or character of a priest.
priestlike	like a PRIEST.
priestliness	the state of being PRIESTLY.
priestling	a PRIEST of low rank.
priestly	like a priest > PRIESTLIER, PRIESTLIEST.
priestship	the office of PRIEST.
primatal	relating to a PRIMATE; (noun) a primate > PRIMATALS.
primate	a bishop or archbishop to whose see was formerly annexed the dignity of vicar of the holy see.
primatial	of or pertaining to ecclesiastical primacy > PRIMATIALS.
primatic primatical	of or pertaining to ecclesiastical primacy.
primus	a presiding bishop in the Scottish Episcopal church > pl. PRIMUSES not PRIMI (but PRIMI is valid as a plural of PRIMO).
prior	one in charge of a priory, ranking second to abbot.
priorate priorship	the state or office of a PRIOR.
prioress	a female superior of a house of any of various orders of nuns; the deputy of an abbess.
priorship	see PRIORATE.
pronuncio	a papal ambassador of lower status than a NUNCIO.
prozymite	a person who uses leavened bread in the Eucharist (as opposed to an AZYMITE).
psalmist	one who composes psalms.
psalmodist	a singer of psalms.
pujari	a Hindu priest.
pulpiteer pulpiter	someone who speaks from a pulpit, a preacher.
pythoness	a witch (with cap, the priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece).
qabalist	see CABALIST.
qawwal	a singer of QAWWALI, devotional Sufi music.
quaestionary	a religious PARDONER.
rabbin	a Jewish expounderof the law.
rabbinic	of or pertaining to the RABBINS > RABBINICS.
rav	a rabbi, esp one in authority; a teacher or mentor.
rebbe	a rabbi or spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish group.
rebbetzin	the wife of a RABBI.
recollet	a member of an order of Franciscan friars who cultivate detachment from the world.
rector	in the Church of England, a clergyman of a parish where the tithes were formerly paid to the incumbent.
rectoral	pertaining to a RECTOR.
rectorate	the office, rank, or station of a rector.
rectoress rectress	a female rector, a rector's wife.
rectorial	pertaining to a rector or a rectory; (noun) at a Scottish university, a rectorial election.
rectorship	the office of RECTOR.
rectress	see RECTORESS.
recusant	one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; generally, one who refuses to submit to authority.
reformade	(Spanish) a monk of a reformed order.
reformado	(Spanish) a monk of a reformed order > REFORMADOS or REFORMADOES.
religieuse	a (female) person bound by monastic vows; a nun.
religieux	a (male) person bound by monastic vows; a monk.
renunciate	a religious devotee who gives up earthly pleasures to live as an ascetic
reverend	a member of the clergy.
revivalist	one who conducts religious revivals.
roshi	a teacher of Zen Buddhism.
rubricator	one who rubricates.
rubrician	a student or follower of liturgical rubrics.
sacerdotal	priestly.
sacrist sacristan	a Church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy.
saddhu sadhu	an ascetic Indian holy man.
saint	a person of exceptional holiness; (verb) to declare to be a saint.
saintdom	the state or character of a saint.
saintess	a female saint.
sainthood	the state of being a saint.
saintish	somewhat saintlike.
saintism	the character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
saintlike	like a saint.
saintling	a little saint.
saintly	like a saint > SAINTLIER, SAINTLIEST; SAINTLILY.
saintship	the character or qualities of a saint.
sandek	a man who holds a baby being circumcised.
sangh	an association promoting unity between different groups in Hinduism.
sannyasi sannyasin sanyasi	a Hindu ascetic or hermit who lives by begging.
sant	in Sikhism, a devout person, a saint.
santera	a priestess of SANTERIA, a Caribbean religion.
santero	a priest of SANTERIA, a Caribbean religion.
santon	an Eastern dervish or saint.
sanyasi	see SANNYASI.
saunt	a saint.
sceuophylax	a sacristan > SCEUOPHYLAXES.
scribe	an expounder and teacher of the traditional Jewish law and that of Moses.
scribism	the character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.
sectary	a member of a sect; a person who is zealous in the cause of a sect.
seminarian seminarist	a member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
sermoneer sermoner	a preacher; a sermonizer.
sermonise sermonize	to deliver or compose a sermon.
sexton	a church caretaker or bellringer.
sextoness	a female sexton; a sexton's wife.
sextonship	the office of a sexton.
shaman	a doctor-priest or medicine man working by magic, esp a priest of Asian Shamanism.
shamanic	pertaining to a SHAMAN.
shamanist	an adherent of Shamanism.
shammas	the sexton in a synagogue; the candle used to light the other 8 candles of a Chanukah menorah > SHAMMASIM.
shammash	the sexton in a synagogue; the candle used to light the other 8 candles of a Chanukah menorah > SHAMMASHIM.
shammes	the sexton in a synagogue; the candle used to light the other 8 candles of a Chanukah menorah > SHAMMOSIM.
shammos	the sexton in a synagogue; the candle used to light the other 8 candles of a Chanukah menorah > SHAMMOSIM.
shamos	the sexton in a synagogue; the candle used to light the other 8 candles of a Chanukah menorah > SHAMOSIM.
shochet	a slaughterer who slaughters in the kosher manner > SHOCHETIM or SHOCHETS.
shriver	one who shrives; a confessor.
sidesman	a person elected as an assistant to the churchwardens of a parish or church.
silentiary	a person maintaining or bound to silence.
sim	a Simeonite, an evangelical.
simoniac simonist	one who practices SIMONY, the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment.
simony	the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment. [ME simonie, from OF, from Late Latin simonia after Simon Magus, a sorcerer who tried to buy spiritual powers from the Apostle Peter (Acts 8:9-24).]
softa	a Muslim student or practitioner of sacred law and theology.
sopheric	relating to the SOPHERIM, Jewish scribes.
sopherim	the scribes, the expounders of Jewish oral law.
souper	in Ireland, a person who dispenses soup as a means of proselytising; one who has been converted in this way.
squarson	a clergyman who is also a squire or landowner in his parish.
starets	an Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor > STARETSES or STARTSY.
staretz	an Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor > STARETZES.
stigmatist	one believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds.
stylite	one of a class of ascetics who lived on the tops of pillars in ancient times. [Gk. stylites, from stylos, a pillar].
stylitic	of or like a STYLITE, one of a class of ascetics who lived on the tops of pillars in ancient times.
stylitism	the practice of being a STYLITE.
subabbot	one down from an abbot.
subcantor	a subordinate CANTOR, a singer; esp. the leader of a church choir.
subchanter	a precentor's deputy; an officer or lay member of a cathedral who assists in chanting the litany.
subdeacon	a minister of an order next below that of deacon.
subdean	an under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
subdecanal	of or pertaining to a SUBDEAN or subdeanery.
subprimate	one ranked below a primate.
subprior	the vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
subprioress	an assistant PRIORESS.
subvicar	an assistant vicar.
suffragan	an assistant bishop; any bishop in relation to his metropolitan. [L. suffraganeus, assistant].
swami	a Hindu mystic > SWAMIS.
swamy	a Hindu mystic > SWAMIES.
synedrial	of or like a SYNEDRIUM, an ancient rabbinical council of 70 sages, the highest court of ancient Jerusalem.
synedrion synedrium	an ancient rabbinical council of 70 sages, the highest court of ancient Jerusalem > SYNEDRIA.
synodsman	a member of a SYNOD, an ecclesiastical assembly or council.
synoptist	one of the writers of the Synoptic Gospels.
taperer	one who bears a taper during a religious procession.
theogonist	a writer on theogony.
theolog theologer theologian theologist theologue	a specialist in theology.
thurifer	an altar boy or acolyte who carries a THURIBLE.
tohunga	a priest, a wise man with healing powers.
tractarian tractator	a writer of tracts.
tsaddik	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > TSADDIKS or TSADDIKIM.
tsaddiq	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > TSADDIQS or TSADDIQIM.
tzaddik	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > TZADDIKS or TZADDIKIM.
tzaddiq	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > TZADDIQS or TZADDIQIM.
ulama ulema	the body of professional theologians, expounders of the law, in a Muslim country.
unmiter unmitre	to deprive of a mitre; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.
unpriestly	not like a PRIEST.
vartabed	a member of an Armenian order of clergy.
verger	a church usher and attendant.
vergership	the office of VERGER.
vestal	one of the Roman patrician virgins consecrated to Vesta, goddess of the hearth > VESTALS; (adj.) relating to a vestal > VESTALLY.
vestryman	a member of a vestry.
vesturer	a person responsible for care of clerical vestments and for other church duties.
vicar	a church official.
vicarate vicariate	the office or authority of a vicar.
vicaress	a female vicar.
vicarial	of or pertaining to a vicar or vicars.
vicariate	see VICARATE.
vicarly	like a VICAR.
vicarship	the office or dignity of a vicar.
vicary	a vicarship.
vidame	in French feudal jurisprudence, the deputy of a bishop in temporal affairs; a minor noble.
virger	a VERGER (still the accepted spelling at St Paul's).
votaress votress	a female votary.
votarist	a votary, one who has taken a vow.
votary	one who has taken a vow, esp. religious.
votress	see VOTARESS.
vowess	a woman who has taken a vow; a nun.
zaddick	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > ZADDIKIM.
zaddik	in Judaism, a Hasidic leader, or person of extraordinary piety > ZADDIKS or ZADDIKIM.
zelator zelatrice zelatrix	a nun whose duty is to keep watch on the behaviour of younger nuns in the convent. The pl. of ZELATRIX is ZELATRICES.
zymite	a priest using leavened bread during communion.

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