Priests, Religious Officials, and Members of Religious Orders
| General |
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| archpriest | cleric |
| hierarch | hierophant |
| high priest | preacher |
| priest | priestess |
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| Ancient Roman |
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| augur | flamen |
| haruspex | oracle |
| pontifex | Pythia |
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| Ancient Celtic |
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| Druid | ovate |
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| Buddhist |
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| Dalai Lama | lama |
| Panchen Lama | pongyi |
| talapoin |
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| Christian |
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| abbess | abbot |
| acolyte | almoner |
| anchoress | anchorite |
| archbishop | archdeacon |
| archimandrite | area dean |
| beadle | bishop |
| brother | canon |
| canoness | cantor |
| cardinal | chaplain |
| churchwarden | confessor |
| curate | deacon |
| deaconess | dean |
| elder | friar |
| lay brother | lay sister |
| mendicant | minister |
| monk | Monsignor |
| mother superior | nun |
| nuncio | padre |
| patriarch | pope |
| precentor | prelate |
| presbyter | primate |
| prior | prioress |
| rector | rural dean |
| sacristan | seminarist/seminarian |
| sexton | sister |
| succentor | thurifer |
| verger | vicar |
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| Hindu |
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| rishi | Brahman |
| guru | mahant |
| panda | pandit |
| pujari | rishi |
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| Jewish |
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| cantor | chief rabbi |
| dayan | hazzan |
| kohen/cohen | Levite |
| Maggid | rabbi |
| rebbe | rebbetzin |
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| Muslim |
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| ayatollah | bilal |
| caliph | fakir |
| imam | muezzin |
| mullah | sheikh |
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| Sikh |
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| guru |
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| Voodoo |
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| houngan | mamaloi |
| mambo | papaloi |
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| Zoroastrian/Parsee |
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| dastur | magus |
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| Other |
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| santero | witch |
| witch doctor |