The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word JESUIT
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More clues leading to the result JESUIT
- First person in Avignon to satisfy Catholic scholar
- One American going up in plane, a man of habit
- Religious type? In Paris I’ll go to clubs, maybe!
- In France I will meet businessman, a Roman Catholic
- Joke about superior one, member of religious order
- Roman Catholic is involved with transporting jute
- Laborers snored disruptively
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