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Bureaucracy Officialdom Crossword Clue

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noun

• needlessly time-consuming procedure

54%11 Government bureaucracy
noun

• people elected or appointed to administer a government

35%5 Church officialdom
noun

• (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church

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