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Definition: Pope
Pope
n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn:
Catholic Pope,
Roman Catholic Pope,
Pontiff,
Holy Father,
Vicar of Christ
,
Bishop of Rome]
2: English poet and satirist (1688-1744) [syn:
Alexander Pope]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pope
Pope
\Pope\ (p[=o]p), n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop.
Cf.
Papa,
Papal.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
See
Note under
Cardinal.
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3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff.
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Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with
compartments.
Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.
Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
Uropygium.
to be more Catholic than the Pope to adhere more
stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than
is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a
negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.
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