1. (noun) a leader in religious or sacred affairs

• bishop of rome
• catholic pope
• holy father
• pontiff
• pope
• roman catholic pope
• vicar of christ
• cantor
• hazan
• catholicos
• clergyman
• man of the cloth
• reverend
• evangelist
• non-christian priest
• priest
• patriarch
• rabbi

1. (noun) a leader in religious or sacred affairs

• leader