10
bishop(noun, divine, red, cardinal, clergy)
9
hierarch(noun, clergy, priest)
9
primate(noun, religion, person, title, clergy)
8
archpriest(noun, clergy)
7
archbishop(noun, divine, red, cardinal, clergy)
7
pope(noun, clergy, pontiff)
6
archdeacon(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
6
cardinal(noun, clergy, priest, pontiff)
6
chaplain(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
6
curate(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
6
dean(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
6
priest(noun, divine, director, cardinal, clergy)
5
canon(noun, clergy)
5
diocesan(noun, divine, director, cardinal, clergy)
5
ecclesiastic(noun, person, divine, cardinal, clergy)
5
high priest(noun, expression, idiom)
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minister(noun, person, cardinal, clergy, priest)
5
rector(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
5
vicar(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
4
clergyman(noun, director, red, clergy, priest)
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