preacher

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Bradley Cobb, 47, a UPS driver and a preacher in Charleston, another county seat, said he, his wife and their voting-age children all support anti-prison candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Islam is the state religion but the constitution guarantees freedom of worship, subject to approval by the authorities for the place of worship and the preacher.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Gore went on to earn fewer than half of Jackson’s primary votes, placing third behind that preacher and eventual frontrunner Michael Dukakis.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

"How can you on one hand say that you have found evidence of abuse and then not proceed to examine it? It just is mind boggling," said Peter Ferguson-Smyth, a lay preacher on Orkney.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Seeing it, the preacher could hardly keep his mind on how good Granny had been or how it was God’s will and all.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns