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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Examples of "pope" in Sentences
- The Pope lives in pontificate.
- The pope confirmed the agreement.
- The pope declined the opportunity.
- He allowed the pope to consecrate.
- The man was authorized by the pope.
- The treaty was brokered by the Pope.
- Frankopan sought the assistance of the pope.
- Cardinal Luigi Traglia represented the pope in the final commendation.
- A cardinal is a title of great honor and preeminence granted by the pope.
- Additionally the Germans trust of the pope and the pope dropped significantly.
- He received a "Medal of Peace" from Pope John Paul I, that guy who was pope for about ten minutes, but found time to give a peace award to a man who invented a filthy weapon of mass-death.
- And finally, that the canonization process of Pope John Paul II be halted until there is a full independent investigation of whether the late pope was involved in cover-ups of Catholic clergy.
- After a New York Times story reported that Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) failed to defrock a priest who abused 200 deaf children in Wisconsin, the pope lashed out against the news media.
- VATICAN CITY — A senior Vatican cardinal defended Pope Benedict during an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square attended by the pope, dismissing criticism of the pontiff's handling of the sexual-abuse crisis as "gossip."
- Indeed, in the wake of much praise for Mayor Bloomberg's defense of civil and religious liberty, let me modestly suggest that he next go to Rome in October and deliver a sequel at Pope Benedict XVI's synod on what the pope recently called the "urgent" plight of Christian minorities in the Middle East.