宗しゅう教きょう者しゃ

noun

religious leader; religious figure; religious practitioner

Broad term for a person professionally or deeply involved in religion, such as a priest, monk, pastor, imam, or influential religious thinker.

• 彼かれは有ゆう名めいな宗しゅう教きょう者しゃとして多おおくの人ひとに尊そん敬けいされている。

  He is respected by many as a famous religious figure.

• その宗しゅう教きょう者しゃは毎まい朝あさ、寺てらで祈いのりを捧ささげている。

  The religious practitioner offers prayers at the temple every morning.