Answer: priests

AnswerCrossword Clue
PRIESTSFathers
PRIESTSMen of the cloth.
PRIESTSChurchmen
PRIESTSReligious figures
PRIESTSResidents of a rectory
PRIESTSHierophants
PRIESTSHierophants, e.g.
PRIESTSAltar egos
PRIESTSBishops' subordinates
PRIESTSClerics.
PRIESTSUnwed fathers
PRIESTSSpiritual fathers
PRIESTSSingle fathers
PRIESTSMass figures
PRIESTSCenser swingers
priestsone authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God
priestsPRIEST, to ordain as one authorized to perform religious rites
priestsAnglican, Eastern Orthodox, or Roman Catholic clergyman ranking below a bishop and above a deacon
PRIESTSMass leaders
PRIESTSClergymen
PRIESTSParish leaders
PRIESTSThose with the rite stuff?
PRIESTSMass production specialists?
PRIESTSMass producers?
PRIESTSThey have the rite stuff
PRIESTSBishop's subordinates
PRIESTSThey tend church regularly
PRIESTSDeacons' superiors
PRIESTSHoly water blessers
PRIESTSUnmarried fathers
PRIESTSBishop's staff
PRIESTSSome clergymen
PRIESTSWhite-collar workers?
PRIESTSBishops outrank them
PRIESTSClergymen.