The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEACONS which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2004.
Certain clerics crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEACONS | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Certain clerics
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reverend
- breviary
- monsignor
- manse
- laity
- mitral
- secular
- alb
- zucchetto
- celibate
- frock
- parsons
Crossword Answer definitions
DEACONS noun- (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
- A junior lodge officer.
- The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
- (animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
- The chairman of an incorporated company.
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