Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the humanities]
7. [people in religion and related occupations]
8. people in religion
9. clergy
10. Christian clergy

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to Christian clergy who have the charge ('cure') of a parish. The term is more often popularly used to denote assistants or unbeneficed clergymen who help or temporarily replace priests, vicars, rectors, or other incumbents of parishes.