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Pope Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pope? [n] the head of the Roman Catholic Church Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pope: Holy Father \| pontiff \| Vicar of Christ Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pope: abuna \| antipope \| archbishop \| archdeacon \| archpriest \| bishop \| bishop coadjutor \| canon \| cardinal \| cardinal bishop \| cardinal deacon \| cardinal priest \| chaplain \| coadjutor \| curate \| dean \| diocesan \| ecclesiarch \| exarch \| Grand Penitentiary \| hierarch \| high priest \| Holy Father \| metropolitan \| papa \| patriarch \| penitentiary \| pontiff \| prebendary \| prelate \| primate \| rector \| rural dean \| subdean \| suffragan \| vicar See Also \| Achille Ratti \| Aeneas Silvius \| Albino Luciano \| Alexander VI \| Alfonso Borgia \| Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti \| Antonio Ghislieri \| Bartolomeo Prignano \| Borgia \| Calixtus III \| Catholic \| Enea Silvio Piccolomini \| Eugenio Pacelli \| Giovanni de Medici \| Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto \| Gregory \| Gregory I \| Gregory the Great \| Gregory VII \| Gregory XIII \| Hildebrand \| Innocent III \| John Paul I \| John Paul II \| Karol Wojtyla \| Leo I \| Leo III \| Leo the Great \| Leo X \| Lotario di Segni \| Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti \| Odo of Lagery \| papacy \| Pius II \| Pius V \| Pius VII \| Pius X \| Pius XI \| Pius XII \| pontificate \| Pope Alexander VI \| Rodrigo Borgia \| Saint Gregory I \| spiritual leader \| St Gregory I \| St Leo I \| Ugo Buoncompagni \| Urban II \| Urban VI Pope In Webster's Dictionary \Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. {Papa}, {Papal}.] 1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe. 2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See {Note} under {Cardinal}. 3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff. {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}.

Pope Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pope?

[n] the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pope: Holy Father | pontiff | Vicar of Christ

Pope In Webster's Dictionary

\Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
{Papa}, {Papal}.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.

2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
   See {Note} under {Cardinal}.

3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff.

{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}.

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