Pope

Quick meaning: Pope is a noun meaning (Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

Meaning

(Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

More Meanings

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
2. (Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
3. (British) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
4. (UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
5. (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
6. (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.
7. (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).

Example Sentences

Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• popes
• poping
• poped

Synonyms for pope

Depending on context, synonyms include pontiff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pontiff, pontifical, papal, priest, deacon, encyclical.

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