Answer: prelates

AnswerCrossword Clue
PRELATESChurch dignitaries
PRELATESBishops, etc.
PRELATESClerical officials
PRELATESClergymen
PRELATESBishop's colleagues
PRELATESHigh-ranking holy men
PRELATESChurch dignitaries.
PRELATESHigh clerics.
PRELATESImportant clerics.
PRELATESChurch V.I.P.'s
PRELATESChurchmen
PRELATESBishops, e.g.
PRELATESHierarchs
PRELATESHoly higher-ups
prelatesPRELATE, a high ranking clergyman
prelatesA bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary