The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELDER , but the solution may also be DEACON which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Church official crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELDER | 57 % | 5 |
| DEACON | 12 % | 6 |
| CLERIC | 5 % | 6 |
| SEXTON | 5 % | 6 |
| PASTOR | 4 % | 6 |
| VICAR | 4 % | 5 |
| RECTOR | 3 % | 6 |
| VERGER | 3 % | 6 |
| BISHOP | 1 % | 6 |
| PRELATE | 1 % | 7 |
| PARISHCLERK | 1 % | 11 |
| BEADLE | 1 % | 6 |
| ABBOT | 1 % | 5 |
| TRUSTEE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may DEACON be the right solution?
The answer "DEACON" is the right solution because a deacon is a church official who assists the priest or minister in various religious duties.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Church official
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clergy
- priest
- minister
- rabbi
- parson
- pop
- bishop
- deacon
- elder
- chaplain
- parish priest
- canon
Crossword Answer definitions
ELDER noun- An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
- One who is older than another.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- Male missionary.
- (often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- (heading) Of an earlier time.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
- Excessive, abundant.
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
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 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 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 CLERIC
- Man of the cloth
- White-collar worker?
- Church official
- Minister
- Ordained person
- Rector or vicar
- Ayatollah, e.g.
- Religious leader
- Reverend, e.g.
- Clergyman
More clues leading to the result SEXTON
- "The Awful Rowing Toward God" poet
- Church maintenance man
- Church caretaker
- Pew polisher, perhaps
- Church official
- Church's caretaker
- Church maintenance officer
- Bell ringer
- Church official.
- Church worker
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 VICAR
- Bishop's assistant
- English cleric
- Chapel head
- Wakefield figure
- Man of the cloth
- Episcopal cleric
- Rector's colleague
- Bishop's subordinate
- "The ___ of Wakefield"
- Anglican parish priest
More clues leading to the result RECTOR
- Church official
- Episcopal cleric
- Anglican priest
- Clergy member
- Catholic ecclesiastic
- Head of a university
- Parish pastor
- Protestant priest
- Curate's boss
- Parish head
More clues leading to the result VERGER
More clues leading to the result BISHOP
- Board member?
- Chess piece
- Knight's neighbor
- Man whose actions are biased?
- Billy ___ (Canadian WWI ace)
- It moves diagonally in chess
- Diocese leader
- Comedian Joey
- Diocese dignitary
- Spiritual supervisor
More clues leading to the result PRELATE
- Ranking clergyman
- Church VIP
- Bishop
- Church dignitary
- Sacred head
- Church official
- Tutu, for one
- Bishop, for one
- Bishop, e.g.
- Archbishop, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PARISHCLERK
More clues leading to the result BEADLE
- Parish officer
- Mr. Bumble's official position.
- Attendant of dignitaries.
- Parish officer.
- Court messenger.
- Parish official
- Ceremonial macebearer
- Church officer
- Church official
- Sexton
More clues leading to the result ABBOT
- Monastery head
- Monastery bigwig
- Man with a mission?
- Bud the comedian
- Cluny clergyman
- Head of monks
- Aelfric or Alcuin
- Monastery VIP
- Monastery master
- Cloister chief