#spiritual_leader__spiritualleader a leader in religious or sacred affairs
supertype: #leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others
instance: #Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi
subtype: #cantor__hazan the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
subtype: #clergyman__reverend__man_of_the_cloth a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
subtype: #archdeacon (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
subtype: #archpriest__hierarch__high_priest__prelate__primate a senior clergyman
instance: #William_Ralph_Inge__Inge__the_Gloomy_Dean #Francisco_Jimenez_de_Cisneros__Jimenez_de_Cisneros #John_Henry_Newman__Newman__Cardinal_Newman #Cardinal_Richelieu__Richelieu__Duc_de_Richelieu__Armand_Jean_du_Plessis #Desmond_Tutu__Tutu #James_Ussher__Ussher__Usher__James_Usher #William_of_Wykeham__Wykeham__wykeham #Stefan_Wyszynski__Wyszynski
subtype: #chaplain a clergyman ministering to some institution
subtype: #hospital_chaplain a chaplain in a hospital
subtype: #military_chaplain__padre__Holy_Joe__sky_pilot__skypilot a chaplain in one of the military services
subtype: #prison_chaplain a chaplain in a prison
subtype: #cleric__churchman__divine__ecclesiastic a clergyman or other person in religious orders
subtype: #bishop a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches (Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic) to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
subtype: #archbishop a bishop of highest rank
instance: #Saint_Anselm__Anselm__St_Anselm #Saint_Thomas_a_Becket__Becket__Thomas_a_Becket__St_Thomas_a_Becket
subtype: #cardinal (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
subtype: #dean.cardinal (Roman Catholic) the head of the College of Cardinals
instance: #Roberto_Francesco_Romolo_Bellarmine__Bellarmine__Bellarmino__Cardinal_Bellarmine #Cesare_Borgia__Borgia
subtype: #diocesan a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
subtype: #primus the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
subtype: #suffragan_bishop__suffraganbishop__suffragan an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
subtype: #vicar_apostolic a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
instance: #Bishop_Berkeley__Berkeley__George_Berkeley #Saint_Ignatius__Ignatius__St_Ignatius #St_Martin__Martin #Bishop_Ulfilas__Ulfilas__Ulfila__Bishop_Ulfila__Wulfila__Bishop_Wulfila
subtype: #ordainer a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
subtype: #pardoner a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
subtype: #absolver someone who grants absolution
instance: #Thomas_a_Kempis__a_Kempis
subtype: #curate__minister__parson__pastor__rector a person authorized to conduct religious worship
subtype: #ministrant someone who serves as a minister
subtype: #Catholic_deacon__deacon a cleric ranking just below a priest in Roman Catholic churches
subtype: #dominus__dominu__dominie__domine__dominee a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
subtype: #officiant a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
subtype: #ordinand a person being ordained
subtype: #ordinary.clergyman a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
subtype: #postulator.clergyman (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
subtype: #preacher_man__preacher__sermonizer someone who occupation is preaching the gospel
subtype: #evangelist__revivalist__gospeler__gospeller a preacher of the Christian gospel
subtype: #televangelist an evangelist who conducts services on television
instance: #William_Franklin_Graham__Graham__Billy_Graham #Aimee_Semple_McPherson__McPherson #Dwight_Lyman_Moody__Moody #Oral_Roberts__Roberts
instance: #John_Bunyan__Bunyan
subtype: #priest a clergyman in many Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites
subtype: #canon.priest a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
subtype: #prebendary a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
subtype: #celebrant an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist
subtype: #confessor a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
subtype: #Father__Padre `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
subtype: #Monsignor (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests
subtype: #pontifex (ancient Rome) a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
subtype: #priestess__priestes a woman priest
subtype: #vicar a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
instance: #Aaron #Saint_Dominic__Dominic__St_Dominic__Domingo_de_Guzman
subtype: #shepherd a clergyman who watches over a group of people
subtype: #Church-of_England_vicar__vicar (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
subtype: #US-Episcopal-Church_vicar__vicar (US Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
instance: #Henry_Ward_Beecher__Beecher #John_Donne__Donne #John_Keble__Keble #Martin_Luther_King_Jr.__King__Martin_Luther_King #John_Wesley__Wesley #Roger_Williams__Williams
subtype: #Evangelist any of the spiritual leaders who re assumed to be authors of the New Testament Gospels
instance: #Saint_John_the_Apostle__John__Saint_John__St_John__St_John_the_Apostle__John_the_Evangelist__John_the_Divine #Saint_Luke__Luke__St_Luke #Saint_Mark__Mark__St_Mark #Saint_Matthew_the_Apostle__Matthew__Saint_Matthew__St_Matthew__St_Matthew_the_Apostle__Levi
subtype: #pope__pontiff__Holy_Father__Vicar_of_Christ the head of the Roman Catholic Church
instance: #Pope_Alexander_VI__Alexander_VI__Borgia__Rodrigo_Borgia #Calixtus_III__Borgia__Alfonso_Borgia #Gregory_the_Great__Gregory__Gregory_I__Saint_Gregory_I__St_Gregory_I #Gregory_VII__Gregory__Hildebrand #Gregory_XIII__Gregory__Ugo_Buoncompagni #Innocent_III__Lotario_di_Segni #John_Paul_I__Albino_Luciano #John_Paul_II__Karol_Wojtyla #St_Leo_I__Leo_I__Leo_the_Great #Leo_III #Leo_X__Giovanni_de_Medici #Pius_II__Aeneas_Silvius__Enea_Silvio_Piccolomini #Pius_V__Antonio_Ghislieri #Pius_VII__Luigi_Barnaba_Gregorio_Chiaramonti #Pius_X__Giuseppe_Melchiorre_Sarto #Pius_XI__Achille_Ratti__Ambrogio_Damiano_Achille_Ratti #Pius_XII__Eugenio_Pacelli #Urban_II__Odo_of_Lagery #Urban_VI__Bartolomeo_Prignano
subtype: #non-Christian_priest__priest a spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion
subtype: #hoodoo.vodoun a practitioner of voodoo
subtype: #druid a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
subtype: #flamen a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
subtype: #lama a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
subtype: #Dalai_Lama__Grand_Lama chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
subtype: #Panchen_Lama the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama
subtype: #magus__magu a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
subtype: #shaman__priest-doctor in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
subtype: #medicine_man a Native American shaman
subtype: #rainmaker American indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain
subtype: #votary a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult: "a votary of Aphrodite"
subtype: #vestal_virgin (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
subtype: #bacchant (Greek and Roman mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
subtype: #bacchante (Greek and Roman mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
subtype: #rabbi spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law
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