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pope
  1. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church.
    1. (by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
    2. (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
    3. (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
    4. (Britain) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
    5. (US, obsolete) Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
  2. (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
  4. (Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
  5. (Britain) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
  6. (Britain regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
  7. (US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
  8. (rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
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  10. Examples:
    1. “The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”
pope
  1. (US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).
  2. (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”
popedom
  1. The jurisdiction of the pope.
  2. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The successor of Adrian in the popedom was a native of Sienna, and a temporal monarch as well as Adrian.”
      “In the days following Giblets's glorious conquest of popedom many have wailed in ceaseless abject horror.”
      “During the whole of Innocent's popedom he had been more or less at war with his citizens notwithstanding his success at first.”
popeship
  1. The state, quality, condition, or jurisdiction of being a pope; papacy.
  2. A term used as a title or designation.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This was the holy man who first gave this goodly creature of the popeship to the world.”
papacy
  1. The office of the pope.
  2. The period of a particular pope's reign.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In their criticisms of the papacy, and in their exaltation of royal power, they laid the foundations on which later thinkers drew.”
      “Finally, at a time designated by the Pope, the eldest cardinal deacon crowns the new Pope with the triple tiara of the papacy.”
      “There were questions about the papacy and apostolic succession, about sin and grace, about the authority of Scripture and tradition.”
popeling
  1. A petty or deputy pope.
  2. An adherent of the pope.
papality
  1. (obsolete) The papacy.
  2. (obsolete) A papal doctrine.
popess
  1. A female pope.
  2. (tarot cards) A high priestess.
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Popemobile
  1. (informal) Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Like any figure in popular culture, he has his trademarks, from kissing the soil of the country he is visiting, to the Popemobile.”
      “Afterwards the Pope left the park again by Popemobile, once more waving to the crowds who had gathered.”
      “His 4X4 Popemobile was driving along the golden sands when there was an enormous commotion heard just off the headland.”
pope
  1. (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”
popery
  1. (derogatory) The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Those who paid more attention to the threat from popery argued for an eirenic approach to Dissent, in the hope of fostering Protestant unity.”
      “Knox preached on her behalf, and threatened popery and tyranny should Mary enforce her claim.”
      “The chief weapon in their ideological arsenal was the fear of popery, in particular Irish popery.”
Popess
  1. Alternative letter-case form of popess
pope
  1. (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”
papaphobia
  1. the pathological fear of the pope or the papacy
Pope
  1. Alternative letter-case form of pope
papaphilia
  1. love and adoration for the pope or the papacy
paparchy
  1. Government by a pope; papal rule.
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popehood
  1. The status of pope; papacy.
popemobile
  1. Alternative form of Popemobile
popist
  1. A supporter of the Pope.
popism
  1. Support for the Pope.
papalty
  1. (obsolete) The papacy.
Popemobiles
  1. plural of Popemobile
popemobiles
  1. plural of popemobile
popelings
  1. plural of popeling
popeships
  1. plural of popeship
paparchies
papalities
  1. plural of papality
popedoms
papalties
  1. plural of papalty
popists
  1. plural of popist
papacies
Popesses
  1. plural of Popess
poperies
popesses
popes
  1. plural of pope
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Should popes, who rule for life, retire if they become ill instead of dying in office?”
      “In 418, competing camps elected their own popes, Eulalius, an archdeacon, and Boniface I, a priest.”
      “Initially he did indeed offer some respite from the repressiveness of the two preceding popes.”
Popes
  1. plural of Pope
  2. Examples:
    1. “Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome.”
      “Even Popes must die for, despite their exalted status, they are all mortal just like the rest of us.”
      “After the snaggle-toothed boozehound was kicked out of The Pogues in 1993, he cut a couple of albums with rag-tag bunch The Popes.”
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