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

“Rev. Jackson was a dynamic speaker, a preacher, so it was call and response,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë