diaconate (noun) clergy: ministry of church
Detalii: clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry'
Sinonime: ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, first-born, golden-ager, grandfather, grandmother, head, matriarch, old folk, old-timer, oldster, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, senior citizen