pope

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church,…

   An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

   • Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.
   • The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain.
   • 2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me!, National Public Radio I really did want to interview the pope. Any pope. I'm not particular.
2. 2

   An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

3. 3

   An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his…

   An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.

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   1. 4

      Any bishop of the early Christian church.

      • 1563, 2nd Tome Homelyes, sig. Hh.i All notable Bishops were then called popes.
      • All Bishops in that time had the Stile of Pope given them, as now we call every one of them, My Lord.
   2. 5

      The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua)

      The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.

      • Byfleet-river, wherein are very large pikes, jack, and tench ; perch, of eighteen inches long ; good carp, large flounders, bream, roach, dace, gudgeons, popes, large chub, and eels.
      • Popes are caught whilst gudgeon-fishing with the red worm, but they are sometimes a great nuisance to the perch-fisher, as they take the minnow.
   3. 6

      The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).

      • Alca genus; 6 species, including the razorbill, the penguin, the pope, and others.
   4. 7

      The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).

      • The Pope is of a bright blue round the head; on the throat it is of a fine red, and on the back of a gold green colour, it sings very finely and is the size of a canary bird.
      • The birds [of Louisiana] are the partridge, cardinal and pope, and a species of mocking bird, called the nightingale.
   5. 8

      The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).

      • From the sketch of the bird which you have sent us, there is no doubt about its being the Pope Grosbeak, which is a species of the Cardinal, but not the crested one.
      • The Pope is a native of Brazil, and the female (it is altogether incongrouous to think of a lady pontiff) exactly resembles her mate.
      • SIR,—I should be glad to learn how to treat Pope birds (Crestless Cardinals) when nesting.
   6. 9

      Garlic, when used in addition to the Holy Trinity of celery, bell peppers and onions.

   7. 10

      To act as or like a pope.

      • 1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89
      • Vrban the eight, that now Popeth it.
      • He would pope it in his own way, God guiding him.
   8. 11

      To convert to Roman Catholicism.

      • I'm not going to ‘Pope’ until after the war (if I'm alive).
      • A prominent Anglican priest had, to use the term generally employed on these occasions, ‘Poped’—that is, left the Church of England in order to become a Roman Catholic.
   9. 12

      Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.

      • When made with Burgundy or Bordeaux, the mixture was called Bishop; when with old Rhenish, its name was Cardinal; and when with Tokay, it was dignified with the title of Pope.
      • ‘Pope’, i.e. mulled burgundy, is Antichristian, from no mere Protestant point of view.
      • Pope, a spiced drink made from tokay..., ginger, honey and roasted orange.
   10. 13

       Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.

       • The other Ecclesiastical Orders are distinguish'd into Proto-popes, Popes, (or Priests) and Deacons.
       • Every priest is called pope, which implies father.
       • In the non-Roman rites diocesan priests are often referred to as popes.
   11. 14

       The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).

       • The Whipperwill has so named itself by its nocturnal songs. It is also called the pope, by reason of its darting with great swiftness, from the clouds almost to the ground, and bawling out Pope!
   12. 15

       The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).

       • Common Nighthawk... Pope (Conn[ecticut]. From the sound made by its wings while dropping through the air).
   13. 16

       An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

   14. 17

       A number of places in the United States

       A number of places in the United States:

   15. 18

       Alternative letter-case form of pope.

       • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pope.

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• synonymBishop of Rome
• synonymPatriarch of Rome
• synonymVicar of Christ
• synonymBishop of Alexandria
• synonymPatriarch of Alexandria
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• neighborpapacyoffice
• neighborpapistsupporter
• neighborAlexander Pope
• neighborEnglish poet