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==By organization==
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Superiors in different organizations may have different titles, roles, and responsibilities.

===Business===

In [[business]], superiors are people who are [[supervisor]]s.

===Military===

In the [[military]], superiors are people who are higher in the [[chain of command]] ([[superior officer]]). 

===Catholic Church===
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A {{vanchor|religious superior}} is the person to whom a [[cleric]] is immediately responsible under [[canon law]]. For [[monk]]s, it would be the [[abbot]] (or the [[abbess]] for [[nun]]s); for [[friar]]s, it would be the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]], or, for [[Franciscans]], the guardian (''[[custos (Franciscans)|custos]]''), for [[Minim (religious order)|Minims]], the [[corrector]]; for [[Diocese|diocesan]] priests, it would be the local [[bishop]]. In religious orders with a hierarchy above the local community, there will also be [[superiors general]] and possibly [[provincial superior]]s above the local abbot, prior, or [[abbess|mother superior]]. The priest in charge a [[mission sui iuris|mission ''sui iuris'']] is called an [[ecclesiastical superior]].