The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PAPACY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PAPACY
- Church government overturning restriction in emolument
- Father occupying lively Roman Catholic office
- Office secretaries with case for company
- Religious office quick to secure personal assistant
- Upper limit raised in money for holy office
- Catholic government makes father fast
- Catholic office better put back in the money
- Wages must cover most of crowd in Rome office
- Father, smart in church government
- Clerical assistant moving quickly in holy office
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "holy office" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case holy office = papacy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PAPACY mean?
PAPACY noun- The office of the pope.
- The period of a particular pope's reign.
- Roman Catholicism generally.