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Name of several Popes in town (5)

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I believe the answer is:

urban

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'in town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'name of several popes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'ban' and 'ban' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for urban that I've seen before include "away from the country?" , "Municipal" , "City - pope" , "Not rural" , "Of towns or cities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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