Definition of "religious leader" []

• A religious leader is one who is recognised by a religious body as having some authority within that body. (noun)
• The leader of a religious order. (noun)
• In Catholicism, any of a number of individuals, including priests, Cardinals, Bishops, and the Supreme Pontiff. (noun)

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• "An Egyptian army commanded by General Hicks was almost entirely destroyed by the natives under a religious leader called the Mahdi."
• "As religious leader David O. McKay wisely said, “No success can compensate for failure in the home.”"
• "Rashi stands before us a teacher distinguished and original, a religious leader full of tact and delicate feeling, a scholar clear-headed and at the same time loving-hearted."