English Explanatory Dictionary

religious leader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who is recognized by a religious body as having some authority within that body.
  2. The leader of a religious order.
  3. In Catholicism, any of a number of individuals, including priests, cardinals, bishops, and the supreme pontiff.

Word forms

religious leader religious leaders
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