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Church Functionary Crossword Clue

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noun

• a person who is older than you are

• any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

• any of various church officers

adjective satellite

• used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

35%8 Ceased to be a church functionary
verb

• 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.

30%11 Soviet political functionary
noun

• a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)

• a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

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New York Times28 Aug 1983 Down 104
New York Times14 Jan 1981 Down 32
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