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Woman priest meeting officer - the person in charge (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

director general

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'woman' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'priest meeting officer the person in charge' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'priest' could be 'rector' (I've seen this before) and 'rector' is located in the answer.
'officer' could be 'general' (general officer is a kind of officer) and 'general' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'di' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for director general that I've seen before include "chief executive" , "Head of organisation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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