MINISTER
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADMINISTER one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator → 1506 obs.
► BENNIMAN a minister, the prayer man → 1931 Sc.
► BLACK BREEKS a minister → 1894 Sc.
► BLACKCOAT a minister of religion → 1616
► CHEAP PRIEST an unlicensed minister or lay person officiating at irregular marriage ceremonies → a1779 Sc. obs.
► CHURCH MOUSE PREACHER a newly ordained minister who could not get a prestigious appointment → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KAHUNA a priest of the native Hawaiian religion, a wise man, a minister; now esp. a sorcerer → 1873 Hawaii
► LADS IN BLACK the clergy, ministers → 1821 Sc.
► MAS JOHN a jocular or contemptuous term for a Scottish Presbyterian minister, in contradistinction to an Anglican or Roman clergyman → 1661 arch.
► MES JOHN a Presbyterian minister → 1702 Sc.
► MINISTELLO a poor, petty minister → 1881 (Bk.)
► PAPER MINISTER a minister who reads his sermons → 1854 Sc. colloq.
► READING PRIEST a minister who reads his sermon → 1897 Eng. dial.
► UPSTANDER a parish minister → 1884 Sc.
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