Synonyms of the word

primate

• n. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
• n. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
• n. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops,…
• n. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic…

archpriest

• n. (Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
• n. (Roman Catholic Church) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.

eutherian

• adj. belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals…
• n. a eutherian animal.

hierarch

• n. (religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
• n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their…

placental

• adj. Of or pertaining to the placenta, or to the Placentalia.
• adj. Having a placenta.
• n. Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia.

prelate

• n. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally…
• v. (obsolete) To act as a prelate.

priest

• n. A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
• n. A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
• n. (Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
• v. (transitive) To ordain as a priest.