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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy • a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter • a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall • a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts • a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church • a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
	30%	12		High-ranking ecclesiastic role
	noun • the office of cardinal
	30%	9		Ecclesiastic
	noun • a clergyman or other person in religious orders

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The Guardian Cryptic27 Nov 2007	Across 21
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