Church official
The crossword clue "Church official" is answered by ELDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 107 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ELDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELDER answer page.
Used 107 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SEXTON (9 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELDER, most used first.
- Senior - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Church leader - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
- Tribal leader - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Church officer - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
- Firstborn of two - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of statesman - used 26 times, most recently in 2013
- Presbyter - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Church council - SYNOD, used 160 times
- Church areas - APSES, used 93 times
- Church instrument - ORGAN, used 83 times
- Roman official - EDILE, used 83 times
- Church recesses - APSES, used 79 times
- Church platform - ALTAR, used 51 times
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