The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
A female servant in the early Christian church.
One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
A female deacon (Anglican).
One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.
One of the Twelve imams, descendants of Muhammad from the seventh to ninth centuries CE who lived exemplary lives.