pope1

 
Pronunciation: /pəʊp/

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'