pope1
n.
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(the Pope)
the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
▸the head of the Coptic Church, the Patriarch of Alexandria.
- another term for ruffe.
Phrase
- is the Pope
(a)
Catholic?
informal used to indicate that something is blatantly obvious.
Derivative
Etymology
OE, via eccles. L. from eccles. Gk papas ‘bishop, patriarch’, var. of Gk pappas ‘father’.
pope2
n.
a parish priest of the Orthodox Church in Russia and the Balkans.
Etymology
C17: from Russ. pop, from Old Church Slavonic popŭ.