| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PONTIFICATE | Papacy | |
| CARDINAL | Papacy candidate | |
| PAPALTY | The papacy. | |
| PAPALITY | The papacy. | |
| PONTIFICALITY | The state and government of the pope; the papacy. | |
| APOSTOLICAL | Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. | |
| PONTIFICIAN | One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist. | |
| ABDICATE | To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. | |