wedding officiant
Ceremony presiding figure
A wedding officiant is the person who conducts a marriage ceremony and pronounces the couple legally wed.
This may be a religious figure like a priest, rabbi, or imam, or a secular authority like a judge or justice of the peace.
Many jurisdictions also allow friends or family members to become ordained online specifically to officiate: Her college roommate served as their wedding officiant.
- presiderOne who leads proceedings
- imamMuslim religious guide
- celebrantOne who observes festivities
- ordained ministerSanctioned religious authority figure
- priestOne who performs sacraments
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- marriagebride, groom, husband, wife, spouse
- ceremony leadersmaster of ceremonies, emcee, MC, celebrant, toastmaster
- officiantsordained minister, justice of the peace, celebrant, reverend, preacher
- ritual officialscelebrant, high priest, chief priest, head priest, priestess
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- gay marriagegay marriage, marriage equality, civil union, civil partnership, equal marriage
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Lawyer for marital endings
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