[pohp] Pronunciation Key | 1. | (often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 2. | (in the early Christian church) a bishop. |
| 3. | a person considered as having or assuming authority or a position similar to that of the Roman Catholic pope. |
| 4. | the title of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria. |
| 5. | Eastern Church.
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[pohp] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Alexander, 1688–1744, English poet. |
| 2. | John, 1822–92, Union general in the U.S. Civil War. |
| 3. | John Russell, 1874–1937, U.S. architect. |
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[poh-pey] Pronunciation Key | died 1690?, Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680. |
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| pope
(pōp) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Old English pāpa, from Late Latin, from Latin, father (title of bishops), from Greek pappās; see papa in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Pope, Alexander 1688-1744.
English writer best remembered for his satirical mock-epic poems The Rape of the Lock (1712) and The Dunciad (1728). |
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| Pope, John 1822-1892.
American Union general in the Civil War who was defeated by Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862). |
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Pope
| pope | |
noun | |
| 1. | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| 2. | English poet and satirist (1688-1744) |
pope
The head of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is believed by his church to be the successor to the Apostle Peter. He is bishop of Rome and lives in a tiny nation within Rome called the Vatican. Catholics believe that when the pope speaks officially on matters of faith and morals, he speaks infallibly (see papal infallibility). (See also John XXIII and John Paul II.)
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Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 4373 (2154 housing units)
Area: 960.6 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 10745 (5836 housing units)
Area: 1735.8 sq km (land), 122.1 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 171 (73 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38658
Pope
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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