pillarist
noun
Roget 996: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk. clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant†, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor. dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch†, hierarch†; ebdomarius [Lat.]; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan†, dean, subdean†, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary†, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular†; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. churchwarden, sidesman†; clerk, precentor†, choir; almoner, suisse [Fr.], verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth†, acolothyst†, acolyte, altar boy; chorister. [Roman Catholic priesthood] Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal; ancient flamen†, flamen†; confessor, penitentiary; spiritual director. cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman†, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian†; Gilbertine; Austin Friars†, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme [Fr.], Carthusian, Benedictine†, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine†, Lorettine, pillarist†, stylite†. abbess, prioress, canoness†; religieuse [Fr.], nun, novice, postulant. [Under the Jewish dispensation] prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe. [Mohammedan etc.] mullah, muezzin, ayatollah; ulema, imaum†, imam, sheik; sufi; kahin†, kassis†; mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir†; brahmin†, guru, kaziaskier†, poonghie†, sanyasi†; druid, bonze†, santon†, abdal†, Lama, talapoin†, caloyer†. ... show more
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