12
pope(noun, see, head, director, prelate)
6
bishop(noun, head, clergyman)
6
cardinal(noun, clergy, prelate)
4
high priest(expression, idiom, clergy)
4
prelate
4
primate
3
Bishop of Rome(noun, see, pope)
3
Catholic Pope
3
Holy Father(noun, expression, idiom, see)
3
Roman Catholic Pope
3
Vicar of Christ
3
diocesan
3
hierarch
3
papa
3
penitentiary
2
Gregorian
2
archbishop
2
archdeacon
2
canon
2
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