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Churchman Gets A Pass Yet Goes Astray Crossword Clue

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• someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

35%7Churchman's staff
noun

• a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

35%5 John ___ (1809-1866), English churchman and university lecturer
noun

• English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)

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The Guardian Cryptic17 Dec 2007 Across 12
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