celebrant vs shepherd

celebrant

noun
  • A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist. 

  • A person who is celebrating something. 

  • A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals. 

shepherd

noun
  • The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. 

  • A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. 

  • Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. 

  • A swain; a rustic male lover. 

  • A male sheep tender 

  • A German Shepherd. 

  • A male pastor 

  • A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader 

verb
  • To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds. 

  • To watch over; to guide. 

How often have the words celebrant and shepherd occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )