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a : a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above itespecially : the bishops of a province or nation
b: church government by a hierarchy
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: a body of persons in authority
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: the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standingalso : the group so classified
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