Clerk and Pope

Clerk

Clerk noun - A person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church.

Usage example: the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

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Pope and clerk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pope" instead a noun "Clerk".

Nearby Words: clerical, clerkly, clerkship, clerking

Pope noun - The head of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Clerk and pope are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clerk" instead a noun "Pope".

Nearby Words: popish, popery

female	female clerk	female pope
dead	dead clerk	dead pope
real	real clerk	real pope
new	new clerk	new pope
Other adjectives: competent, local, recent, elderly, eponymous, unnamed.

This letter causes Yuri Andropov, chairman of the KGB, to plot an assassination against the Pope.The protagonist is Major Oleg Zaitsev, a KGB head clerk in the communications department at headquarters in Dzherzinsky Square.

Source: Literature / Red Rabbit

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