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English → English (gcide) Definition: to be more Catholic than the 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal. [1913 Webster] 3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]