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▸ noun: (by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
▸ noun: (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
▸ noun: (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
▸ noun: (UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
▸ noun: (Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
▸ noun: (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
▸ noun: (Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
▸ noun: (British) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
▸ noun: (UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
▸ noun: (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
▸ noun: (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
▸ verb: (intransitive or with 'it') To act as or like a pope.
▸ verb: (intransitive, colloquial) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
▸ noun: (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
▸ noun: (US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).
▸ noun: (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
▸ noun: An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
▸ noun: A township in Fayette County, Illinois.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
▸ noun: A village in Panola County, Mississippi.
▸ noun: (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest. [(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.]
▸ noun: 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.]
Similar:
pontiff,
vicar of Christ,
Holy Father,
papacy,
papal,
archbishop,
bishop,
Ratzinger,
antipope,
Cardinals,
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Types:
Pope Benedict XVI,
Pope John Paul II,
Pope Francis,
Pope Pius IX,
Pope Pius XII,
Pope Leo XIII,
Pope Gregory I,
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