Answer: clergy

AnswerCrossword Clue
CLERGYPriests and bishops, e.g.
clergythe body of ordained persons in a religious denomination
clergyministers of Christian religions
CLERGYMass producers?
CLERGYFirst Estate
CLERGYPriests and ministers
CLERGYPriests, bishops, etc.
CLERGYFirst estate
CLERGYWhite-collar workers?
CLERGYMinisters
CLERGYCloth
CLERGYThe cloth
CLERGYOne of the three estates
CLERGY"The black," in Stendhal's "The Red and the Black"
CLERGYFirst of the three estates.
CLERGYMinistry.
CLERGYBrotherhood of Barrie's Little Minister.
CLERGYThe ordained
CLERGYGroup of priests
CLERGYPriests, e.g.
CLERGYOrdained ones
CLERGYSome fathers
CLERGYOrdained group
CLERGYLaity's counterpart
CLERGYService providers?
CLERGYPastors and priests