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Definition of pope - 6 dictionary results

pope

  [pohp]
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–noun
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.
a. the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria.
b. (in certain churches) a parish priest.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE pāpa < LL: bishop, pope < LGk pápas bishop, priest, var. of páppas father; see papa

Related forms:
popeless, adjective
popelike, adjective

Pope

  [pohp]
–noun
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.

Po⋅pé

  [poh-pey]
–noun
died 1690?, Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680.
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pope   (pōp)   
n.  

  1. often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church on earth.

  2. Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria.

  3. The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.

  4. The male head of some non-Christian religions: the Taoist pope.

  5. A person considered to have unquestioned authority: the pope of surrealism.


[Middle English, from Old English pāpa, from Late Latin, from Latin, father (title of bishops), from Greek pappās; see papa in Indo-European roots.]
Pope, Alexander 1688-1744.  
English writer best remembered for his satirical mock-epic poems The Rape of the Lock (1712) and The Dunciad (1728).
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).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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