The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELDER
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More clues leading to the result ELDER
- Senior man joining up after wife departs
- Senior Cockney grabbed that girl
- Presbyter of greater seniority in the family
- Cockney embraced the woman in this shrub
- Church figure, cultured, learned, some recalled
- More senior lord received by English queen
- Wife leaving joiner for church officer
- Worker at seam giving up whiskey for church official
- Wine the French sent back of superior vintage?
- Senior metalworker loses weight
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The straight part
We know that "Church figure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case church figure = elder.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ELDER mean?
ELDER noun- An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
- One who is older than another.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- Male missionary.
- (often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- (heading) Of an earlier time.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
- Excessive, abundant.
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).