(1)First person in France will be religious (6) ???i??
(2)A long rest, being fraction behind (4,4) _ the last letter of above word will be the first letter of the first 4 letter-word
yes the letter i is correct (first letter of imitate : Counterfeit? One pal accepted it (7). Like you I thought about jesuit and also about divine but cannot solve yet. thank you for your interest.