religious leader

Thesaurus

Noun

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religious leader - leader of a religious order leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires othersreligious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deityayatollah - a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as wellguru - a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacherGuru - each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion