7
maxim(noun, law, regulation, plan, rule)
7
measure(noun, law, regulation, act, order)
6
archbishop(noun, clergy)
6
archdeacon(noun, clergy)
6
enactment(noun, regulation, act, order, charge)
6
norm(noun, rule, measure, practice, test)
6
rector(noun, clergy)
6
test(noun, law, regulation, order, rule)
6
vicar(noun, clergy)
5
act(noun, regulation, order, charge, rule)
5
bishop(noun, clergy)
5
chaplain(noun, clergy)
5
clergyman(noun, clergy)
5
dictate(noun, regulation, act, order, charge)
5
form(noun, law, style, plan, rule)
5
mandate(noun, law, regulation, act, order)
5
pastor(noun, clergy)
5
prescription(noun, form, law, regulation, act)
5
teaching(noun, religion, law, rule, attitude)
4
article of faith(noun, expression, idiom, rule, belief)
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