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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 43% | 12 | Changing the status of a cleric to a non-cleric. | |
3 | 34% | 10 | Cleric's target to arrest crook, a religious leader | |
Cleric With A Crook Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BISHOP" which means:
- noun
- • A senior member of the christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of christ
- • Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- • (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color verb
- • To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- • To make a bishop.
- • To provide with bishops.
- • To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- • (by extension, of horses) to make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
- • To murder by drowning.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The bishop officiated the wedding ceremony."
- • "The bishop delivered an inspiring sermon."
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