3
hierarch
3
leader(noun, person)
3
master
3
metropolitan
3
pope(noun, clergy)
3
shepherd(noun, superior, guide, divine, general)
2
administrator
2
canoness(noun, clergy)
2
clerical(noun, divine, cardinal, priest, primate)
2
deacon(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
2
incumbent
2
lecturer(noun, divine, cardinal, clergy, priest)
2
novice(noun, clergy)
2
nun(noun, clergy)
2
pulpiteer(noun, divine, cardinal, father, clerk)
2
rural dean(expression, idiom, clergy)
2
sky pilot(noun, chaplain)
2
subdean
2
suffragan
1
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