Ordained ministers (6)

I believe the answer is:

clergy

(Other definitions for clergy that I've seen before include "Religious officials" , "Ordained church members" , "Ministers of religion" , "Men of the Christian cloth" , "Number of ministers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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