Cryptic crossword clue
I'm holiest cleric, primarily exercising art of sermonising 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word HOMILETICS

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Crossword Answer definitions

HOMILETICS noun
  1. The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).

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