Answer to "Bishops of Rome" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POPES , but the solution may also be PONTIFFS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).

Bishops of Rome crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
POPES	75 %	5
PONTIFFS	25 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bishops of Rome

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• patriarch
• pontiff
• pallium
• pontifical
• encyclical
• metropolitan
• mitre
• papa
• bishop
• cathedral
• consecrate
• exarch

Crossword Answer definitions

POPES noun

1. (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.

POPES noun

1. An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
2. (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
3. An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
4. Any bishop of the early Christian church.
5. The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
6. (Cumberland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
7. The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
8. The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).

POPES verb

1. To act as or like a pope.
2. To convert to Roman Catholicism.

POPES noun

1. (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.

POPES noun

1. The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).
2. The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result POPES

• John, Paul, and John Paul
• St. Peter and his successors
• Urban and Innocent
• Vatican VIPs
• Innocent and Urban
• Vaticanologists study them
• Linus and thirteen Leos
• They're chosen during conclaves
• John and Paul
• Vatican leaders

More clues leading to the result PONTIFFS

• Popes
• See stars?
• Bishops.
• High church officials
• Bishops
• Vatican figures
• Vatican VIPs
• Vatican notables
• Church leaders
• Bishops of Rome