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pope1

Pronunciation: /pəʊp/

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Definition of pope

noun

  • 1 (usually the Pope) the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • the head of the Coptic Church, the Bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria.

Phrases

is the Pope (a) Catholic?

informal used to indicate that something is blatantly obvious:Did he bet that day? Is the Pope Catholic?

Derivatives

popedom

noun

Origin:

Old English, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek papas 'bishop, patriarch', variant of Greek pappas 'father'

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