HONORIFICS / LEARN 74 WORDS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS
1. church, pagoda, cathedral, chapel, basilica, synagogue
– the place of Christian worship
– a sacred Hindu or Buddhist building
– the chief church of the district under a bishop’s rule
– a small church attached to an institution
– the place of public Christian assemblies
– the place of Jewish congregation
2. mosque, tabernacle, shul, bethel, chancel, chantry
– the place of Muslim worship
– the place of Protestant or Mormon worship
– the place of attending religious service
– the chapel for seamen
– the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir
3. abbey, monastery, friary, nunnery, convent, priory, cloister, cenobium
– the place where a community of monks or nuns live
– the place where a community of monks or nuns live under religious vows
– the place where where a community of the men mendicants under religious order live (especially Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans)
– the place where a community of women living under vows of chastity, poverty and obedience
– the place where a community of women living under a religious order
– the place run by a superior officier of a religious order
– the monastery or convent that a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other
– the community belongs to a religious order
4. shrine, temple, sanctuary, parish, diocese, archdiocese, eparchy, sacristy
– the holy place of a sacred person or relic
– the place of religious reverence
– the place of refuge or safety
– a part of a church endowed for priests to celebrate the founder’s soul
– the Christian worship administrative district
– the Christian district under a pastor’s rule
– a very large diocese
– a province of Orthodox church
– a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service
5. pastor, minister, cleric, vicar, bishop, archbishop, patriarch, cardinal, primate
– a Christian head of a church
– a Protestant head of a church
– a Muslim or Christian leader
– a deputy of a bishop
– a senior Christian leader that can confer holy orders
– the bishop who takes charges of an archdiocese
– an Orthodox leader that can confer holy orders
– a leading dignitary nominated by the pope to succeed him
– the chief archbishop
6. exarch, suffragan, prelate, abbot, priest, reverend
– the lower senior to the patriarch
– the bishop appointed to help the diocesan bishop
– the higher dignitary
– the man who is the head of an abbey
– an ordained Catholic minister
– the title of members of the clergy
7. chaplain, pontifex, provost, rector, parson, palmer, obedentiary,
– the Christian clergyman in charge of a chapel
– the principal of a priest college
– the senior administrative officer in college or university
– the member of clergymen who takes charge of a parish
– any Protestant member
– one who returns from a holy land
– any lower rank in an abbey
8. ostiary, commissary, cantor, preceptor, deacon, sacristan
– the lowest rank in an abbey
– a deputy
– the person who sings solo verses
– the person who leads a congregation in singing
– a lower rank to a priest
– one who takes charge of a sacristy
9. curate, beadle, catechist, anchorite, beguine, druid, pardoner, sexton, verger
– an assistant to a vicar or rector
– a ceremonial officier of a church
– one who teaches the Christian principles
– one who lives a solitary life
– a woman who takes ascetic life
– a soothsayer
– a preacher who raises money for a church
– one who looks after a church as bell-ringer or gravedigger
– a church caretaker or attendant
10. almoner, alcolyte, clark, colporteur, infirmarian, imam, laity, reeve, shaman, kahuna
– one who didtributes alms
– one who assists in a religious service
– one who is a secretary in a religious order
– one who distributes the bible
– one who takes charge of the place of ill person care
– one who leads prayers in a mosque
– one who is different from the clergy
– one who presides in a village council
– one who influences others
– one who is wise
