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/pəʊp/ · noun
(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..
Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.
The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain.
2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me!, National Public Radio I really did want to interview the pope. Any pope. I'm not particular.
A priority for the new pope will be to strengthen the church’s unity amid differing views and expectations within the institution and growing polarisation in the wider world. Some observers believe there is a real risk of schism after 20 years in which there have been popes on either end of the spectrum: the traditional/conservative Benedict XVI, and the liberal/progressive Francis.
1563, 2nd Tome Homelyes, sig. Hh.i All notable Bishops were then called popes.
All Bishops in that time had the Stile of Pope given them, as now we call every one of them, My Lord.
Byfleet-river, wherein are very large pikes, jack, and tench ; perch, of eighteen inches long ; good carp, large flounders, bream, roach, dace, gudgeons, popes, large chub, and eels.
It resembles the perch (unfortunately for itself) in having a very long and prickly fin on its back, advantage of which is taken by the boys about Windsor, who are very fond of 'plugging a pope.' This operation consists in fixing a bung in the sharp spines on the poor pope's back fin, and then throwing him into the water.
Use pope when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pope means (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..
Common synonyms include Bishop of Rome, Patriarch of Rome, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Alexandria.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.
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