pope
IPA: pˈoʊp
noun
- (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
- (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
- (UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
- (US, obsolete) Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- (Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
- (Britain) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- (US, dialectal, obsolete) whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).
- (US, dialectal, rare) nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
- An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
- A township in Fayette County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
- A village in Panola County, Mississippi.
- (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest. [(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.]
- Alternative letter-case form of pope [(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.]
verb
- (intransitive or with 'it') To act as or like a pope.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
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