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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Pope /poʊp/USA pronunciation n. - Religion the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church: [the + ~][sometimes: pope]His Holiness, the Pope, will see you now.[no article* used as part of a proper name]His Holiness, Pope John XXIII, died in 1963.[countable]Some popes in the Middle Ages were corrupt.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pope (pōp),USA pronunciation n. - Religion(often cap.) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Religion(in the early Christian church) a bishop.
- a person considered as having or assuming authority or a position similar to that of the Roman Catholic pope.
- Religionthe title of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
- Religion[Eastern Ch.]
- the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria.
- (in certain churches) a parish priest.
- Late Greek pápas bishop, priest, variant of páppas father; see papa
- Late Latin: bishop, pope
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English pāpa
- Biographical Alexander, 1688–1744, English poet.
- Biographical John, 1822–92, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- Biographical John Russell, 1874–1937, U.S. architect.
Po•pé (pō pā′),USA pronunciation n. - Biographicaldied 1690?, Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pope /pəʊp/ n - (often capital) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church
Related adjective(s): papal - a title sometimes given to a parish priest
- a title sometimes given to the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
Etymology: Old English papa, from Church Latin: bishop, esp of Rome, from Late Greek papas father-in-God, from Greek pappas father |