The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEACON , but the solution may also be ELDER which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Church figure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEACON | 21 % | 6 |
| CROSS | 16 % | 5 |
| PASTOR | 16 % | 6 |
| ELDER | 16 % | 5 |
| ICON | 16 % | 4 |
| CHOIRBOY | 5 % | 8 |
| TITHE | 5 % | 5 |
| LAYREADER | 5 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Church figure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clergy
- minister
- pastor
- priest
- rabbi
- presbyter
- deacon
- pk
- pop
- reverend
- pastoral
- religious leader
Crossword Answer definitions
DEACON 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.
- For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
- (animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
- To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
- To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DEACON
- Clergyman
- Catholic cleric
- Church leader
- Pastor's assistant
- Minister's assistant
- Church officer
- Church official
- Ordained Catholic clergyman
- Football Hall-of-Famer Jones
- Church VIP
More clues leading to the result CROSS
- Peevish
- In a nasty mood
- Intersect
- Church figure
- Fit to be tied
- In a bad mood
- Liable to lose it
- Bad-tempered
- Irritated
- Vampire protection
More clues leading to the result PASTOR
- Church figure
- Flock leader
- Flock overseer
- Congregation leader
- Martin Luther King, Jr., for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
- Minister
- Sunday speaker
- Leader of the flock
- Spiritual guide
- Service provider
More clues leading to the result ELDER
- Church official
- Kind of statesman
- Senior
- Church VIP
- Church leader
- Of superior rank
- Official in the church
- Like one who came out first
- Someone to respect
- Tribal leader
More clues leading to the result ICON
- Application symbol
- Desktop symbol
- Object of devotion
- Sacred image
- Clickable item
- Computer-screen image
- Mouse target
- Niche occupant
- Symbol
- Windows picture
More clues leading to the result CHOIRBOY
- Young man of exemplary character
- Do-gooder
- Church-singer.
- Church figure
- Small singer in a loft
- Sunday singer
- Tenor, perhaps
- Certain singer
- Sunday singer, perhaps
- Young hymn singer
More clues leading to the result TITHE
- Church tax
- Church's 10%
- Sunday gift
- Cut from a congregant
- Charity percentage
- Church figure?
- Give to the church
- Plate donation
- Tax
- Churchgoer's donation, perhaps