The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POPES which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Religious leaders crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POPES | 40 % | 5 |
| PASTORS | 20 % | 7 |
| RABBIS | 20 % | 6 |
| IMAMS | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Religious leaders
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- prophet
- churchmen
- clergymen
- religiousity
- religious movement
- preachers
- pastors
- religions
- religiousness
- religion
- christian church
- theologians
Crossword Answer definitions
POPES noun- (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- Any bishop of the early Christian church.
- The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (Cumberland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- To act as or like a pope.
- To convert to Roman Catholicism.
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).
- 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 PASTORS
- Some shepherds
- Flock leaders
- Spiritual leaders
- Service providers
- Leads one's flock
- Clergymen.
- Tony ___ famous theatre in Union Square.
- Men of the cloth.
- Parish priests.
- Originally, shepherds.
More clues leading to the result RABBIS
- Glatt experts
- Some graduates of Yeshiva University
- Synagogue leaders
- Yeshiva leaders
- Torah readers
- Synagogue VIPs
- Religious leaders
- Some clerics
- Spiritual leaders
- Synagogue figures