ordained minister
Authorized religious leader
An ordained minister is a person formally authorized by a religious institution to perform sacred duties—conducting worship services, administering sacraments, officiating weddings and funerals.
Ordination typically involves a ceremony where religious authority is conferred, often through the laying on of hands.
The requirements vary widely: some denominations require years of theological education, while others allow online ordination in minutes.
She asked her uncle, an ordained minister, to perform the ceremony.
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- spiritual leaderReligious community head
- man of the clothMale religious leader
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- reverendWorthy of veneration
priest · preacher · bishop · divinity school · seminary · pulpit · house of worship · vestments · collar · laying on of hands · vows · consecrated · anointed · blessing · sermon · congregation · flock · calling
- Methodist LeadersGeorge Whitefield, circuit rider, itinerant preacher, class leader, superintendent
- ministerspremier, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- officiantsofficiant, wedding officiant, justice of the peace, wedding celebrant, celebrant
- priesthoodpriest, Catholic priest, Orthodox priest, parish priest, priesthood
ordained ministerlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
lay preacher · layman · laywoman · laity · unordained
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