Authorities
Authorities noun - The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
Priests and authorities are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Priests" instead a noun "Authorities".
Priests
Authorities and priests are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorities" instead a noun "Priests".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Under The Hays Code, priests, ministers, and other religious authorities had to be portrayed respectfully without exception.
Source: Enforced Trope -
Smaller And Smaller Circles, a Filipino crime novel with two priests moonlighting as Amateur Sleuths, and is also an exploration on the sheer ineptness of Philippine law enforcement authorities.
Source: Film Noir -
Mariano Gómez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (GomBurZa), three Filipino priests whose execution on 17 February 1872 due to false charges of instigating a failed mutiny in Fort San Felipe (modern-day Cavite City, Cavite) 28 days earlier slowly uncorked resentment against Spanish authorities.
Source: Useful Notes / Philippines
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