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pope

(pōp)

1. often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria.

3. The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.

4. The male head of some non-Christian religions: the Taoist pope.

5. A person considered to have unquestioned authority: the pope of surrealism.

[Middle English, from Old English pāpa, from Late Latin, from Latin, father (title of bishops), from Greek pappās; see papa in Indo-European roots.]

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pope

(pəʊp)

1. (Roman Catholic Church) (often capital) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) Eastern Orthodox Church

a. a title sometimes given to a parish priest

b. a title sometimes given to the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria

3. a person assuming or having a status or authority resembling that of a pope

[Old English papa, from Church Latin: bishop, esp of Rome, from Late Greek papas father-in-God, from Greek pappas father]

pope

(pəʊp)

(Animals) another name for ruffe

Pope

(pəʊp)

(Biography) Alexander. 1688–1744, English poet, regarded as the most brilliant satirist of the Augustan period, esp with his Imitations of Horace (1733–38). His technical virtuosity is most evident in The Rape of the Lock (1712–14). Other works include The Dunciad (1728; 1742), the Moral Essays (1731–35), and An Essay on Man (1733–34)

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pope

(poʊp)

n.

1. (often cap.) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. a person regarded as comparable in authority or position.

3. Eastern Ch.

a. the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria.

b. (in certain churches) a parish priest.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English pāpa < Late Latin: bishop, pope < Late Greek pápas bishop, priest, variant of páppas father]

Pope

(poʊp)

n.

1. Alexander, 1688–1744, English poet.

2. John, 1822–92, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.

Pope

chirograph, cheirograph

an apostolic letter written by and signed by the pope.

encyclical, encyclic

a letter from the Pope to the Roman Catholic clergy on matters of doctrine or other concerns of the Church, of tenmeant to be read from the pulpit.

papolatry

excessive veneration or worship of the pope. — papolatrous, adj.

pontificality

1. the papacy.
2. the state and government of the Vatican or the Pope.

popery

Derogatory & Offensive. Roman Catholicism.

Urbanist

a supporter of Pope Urban VI in the conflict of 1378 when an opposing faction established Clement VII as Pope. See also monks and nuns.

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Noun	1.	pope - the head of the Roman Catholic Church Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Church spiritual leader - a leader in religious or sacred affairs Catholic - a member of a Catholic church antipope - someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism"
	2.	Pope - English poet and satirist (1688-1744) Alexander Pope

pope

noun Holy Father, pontiff, His Holiness, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ The highlight of the Pope's visit will be his message to the people.

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adjective papal

Popes

Pope	Pontificate
Peter	until c.64
Linus	c.64-c.76
Anacletus	c.76-c.90
Clement I	c.90-c.99
Evaristus	c.99-c.105
Alexander I	c.105-c.117
Sixtus I	c.117-c.127
Telesphorus	c.127-c.137
Hyginus	c.137-c.140
Pius I	c.140-c.154
Anicetus	c.154-c.166
Soter	c.166-c.175
Eleutherius	175-89
Victor I	189-98
Zephyrinus	198-217
Callistus I	217-22
Urban I	222-30
Pontian	230-35
Anterus	235-36
Fabian	236-50
Cornelius	251-53
Lucius I	253-54
Stephen I	254-57
Sixtus II	257-58
Dionysius	259-68
Felix I	269-74
Eutychianus	275-83
Caius	283-96
Marcellinus	296-304
Marcellus I	308-09
Eusebius	310
Miltiades	311-14
Sylvester I	314-35
Mark	336
Julius I	337-52
Liberius	352-66
Damasus I	366-84
Siricius	384-99
Anastasius I	399-401
Innocent I	402-17
Zosimus	417-18
Boniface I	418-22
Celestine I	422-32
Sixtus III	432-40
Leo I	440-61
Hilarus	461-68
Simplicius	468-83
Felix III (II)	483-92
Gelasius I	492-96
Anastasius II	496-98
Symmachus	498-514
Hormisdas	514-23
John I	523-26
Felix IV (III)	526-30
Boniface II	530-32
John II	533-35
Agapetus I	535-36
Silverius	536-37
Vigilius	537-55
Pelagius I	556-61
John III	561-74
Benedict I	575-79
Pelagius II	579-90
Gregory I	590-604
Sabinianus	604-06
Boniface III	607
Boniface IV	608-15
Deusdedit or Adeodatus I	615-18
Boniface V	619-25
Honorious I	625-38
Severinus	640
John IV	640-42
Theodore I	642-49
Martin I	649-54
Eugenius I	654-57
Vitalian	657-72
Adeotatus II	672-6
Donus	676-78
Agatho	678-81
Leo II	682-83
Benedict II	684-85
John V	685-86
Cono	686-87
Sergius I	687-701
John VI	701-05
John VII	705-07
Sisinnius	708
Constantine	708-15
Gregory II	715-31
Gregory III	731-41
Zacharias	741-52
Stephen II (not consecrated)	752
Stephen II (III)	752-7
Paul I	757-67
Stephen III (IV)	768-72
Hadrian I	772-95
Leo III	795-816
Stephen IV (V)	816-17
Paschal I	817-24
Eugenius II	824-27
Valentine	827
Gregory IV	827-44
Sergius II	844-47
Leo IV	847-55
Benedict III	855-58
Nicholas I	858-67
Hadrian II	867-72
John VIII	872-82
Marinus I	882-84
Hadrian III	884-85
Stephen V (VI)	885-91
Formosus	891-96
Boniface VI	896
Stephen VI (VII)	896-97
Romanus	897
Theodore II	897
John IX	898-900
Benedict IV	900-03
Leo V	903
Sergius III	904-11
Anastasius III	911-13
Lando	913-14
John X	914-28
Leo VI	928
Stephen VII (VIII)	928-31
John XI	931-35
Leo VII	936-39
Stephen IX	939-42
Marinus II	942-46
Agapetus II	946-55
John XII	955-64
Leo VIII	963-65
Benedict V	964-66
John XIII	965-72
Benedict VI	973-74
Benedict VII	974-83
John XIV	983-84
John XV	985-96
Gregory V	996-99
Sylvester II	999-1003
John XVII	1003
John XVIII	1004-09
Sergius IV	1009-12
Benedict VIII	1012-24
John XIX	1024-32
Benedict IX (first reign)	1032-44
Sylvester III	1045
Benedict IX (second reign)	1045
Gregory VI	1045-46
Clement II	1046-47
Benedict IX (third reign)	1047-48
Damasus II	1048
Leo IX	1048-54
Victor II	1055-57
Stephen IX (X)	1057-58
Nicholas II	1059-61
Alexander II	1061-73
Gregory VII	1073-85
Victor III	1086-87
Urban II	1088-99
Paschal II	1099-1118
Gelasius II	1118-19
Callistus II	1119-24
Honorious II	1124-30
Innocent II	1130-43
Celestine II	1143-44
Lucius II	1144-45
Eugenius III	1145-53
Anastasius IV	1153-54
Hadrian IV	1154-59
Alexander III	1159-81
Lucius III	1181-85
Urban III	1185-87
Gregory VIII	1187
Clement III	1187-91
Celestine III	1191-98
Innocent III	1198-1216
Honorious III	1216-27
Gregory IX	1227-41
Celestine IV	1241
Innocent IV	1243-54
Alexander IV	1254-61
Urban IV	1261-64
Clement IV	1265-68
Gregory X	1271-76
Innocent V	1276
Hadrian V	1276
John XXI	1276-77
Nicholas III	1277-80
Martin IV	1281-85
Honorious IV	1285-87
Nicholas IV	1288-92
Celestine V	1294
Boniface VIII	1294-1303
Benedict XI	1303-04
Clement V	1305-14
John XXII	1316-34
Benedict XII	1334-42
Clement VI	1342-52
Innocent VI	1352-62
Urban V	1362-70
Gregory XI	1370-78
Urban VI	1378-89
Boniface IX	1389-1404
Innocent VII	1404-06
Gregory XII	1406-15
Martin V	1417-41
Eugenius IV	1431-47
Nicholas V	1447-55
Callistus III	1455-58
Pius II	1458-64
Paul II	1464-71
Sixtus IV	1471-84
Innocent VIII	1484-92
Alexander VI	1492-1503
Pius III	1503
Julius II	1503-13
Leo X	1513-21
Hadrian VI	1522-23
Clement VII	1523-34
Paul III	1534-49
Julius III	1550-55
Marcellus II	1555
Paul IV	1555-59
Pius IV	1559-65
Pius V	1566-72
Gregory XIII	1572-85
Sixtus V	1585-90
Urban VII	1590
Gregory XIV	1590-91
Innocent IX	1591
Clement VIII	1592-1605
Leo XI	1605
Paul V	1605-21
Gregory XV	1621-23
Urban VIII	1623-44
Innocent X	1644-55
Alexander VII	1655-67
Clement IX	1667-69
Clement X	1670-76
Innocent XI	1676-89
Alexander VIII	1689-91
Innocent XII	1691-1700
Clement XI	1700-21
Innocent XIII	1721-24
Benedict XIII	1724-30
Clement XII	1730-40
Benedict XIV	1740-58
Clement XIII	1758-69
Clement XIV	1769-74
Pius VI	1775-99
Pius VII	1800-23
Leo XII	1823-29
Pius VIII	1829-30
Gregory XVI	1831-46
Pius IX	1846-78
Leo XIII	1878-1903
Pius X	1903-14
Benedict XV	1914-22
Pius XI	1922-39
Pius XII	1939-58
John XXIII	1958-63
Paul VI	1963-78
John Paul I	1978
John Paul II	1978-

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Translations

الباباالبَابَا بابا

papež

pave

PapstPontifex MaximusPapa

paavi

papa

pápa

paus

páfi

papa pontefice sacerdote ortodosso

ローマ法王教皇法王

교황

papapater

pāvests

papă

папа папа римский римский папа

papež

папа

påve

papa

Giáo hoàng

罗马教皇主教

pope

[pəʊp] N → papa m
Pope John XXIII → el Papa Juan XXIII

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pope

[ˈpəʊp] n → pape mpop group n → groupe m pop

Pope

n → Papst m

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pope

[pəʊp] n the Pope → il Papa

pope

(pəup) noun

(often with capital) the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic church. A new Pope has been elected.

pope

→ البَابَا papež pave Papst πάπας papa paavi pape papa papa ローマ法王 교황 paus pave papież papa римский папа påve พระสันตปาปาหัวหน้าบิชอปและผู้นำของนิกายโรมันคาทอลิค papa Giáo hoàng 罗马教皇

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'Cato,' further, was a main cause of a famous quarrel between Addison and Pope. Addison, now recognized as the literary dictator of the age, had greatly pleased Pope, then a young aspirant for fame, by praising his 'Essay on Criticism,' and Pope rendered considerable help in the final revision of

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Not long he stay'd within his quiet house, To rest his bones after his weary toil; But new exploits do hale him out again: And, mounted then upon a dragon's back, That with his wings did part the subtle air, He now is gone to prove cosmography, That measures coasts and kingdoms of the earth; And, as I guess, will first arrive at Rome, To see the Pope and manner of his court, And take some part of holy Peter's feast, The which this day is highly solemniz'd.

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I infer, from the fact of this preference that I had already begun to read Pope, and that I must have read the "Deserted Village" of Goldsmith.

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I will be pope next.' 'O wife, wife!' said he, 'how can you be pope?

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Yet poor though they were, much money was gathered from them every year and sent to the Pope, who at that time still ruled the Church in England as elsewhere.

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Therefore did I ascend into these mountains, that I might finally have a festival for myself once more, as becometh an old pope and church-father: for know it, that I am the last pope!--a festival of pious recollections and divine services.

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Besides this, he saw the arms of Italy, especially those by which he might have been assisted, in hands that would fear the aggrandizement of the Pope, namely, the Orsini and the Colonnesi and their following.

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There, in the twentieth chapter of the Life of Pope Alexander VI., were the following lines, which I can never forget: --

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It was settled that each candidate, man or woman (for it was possible to choose a female pope), should, for the sake of leaving the impression of his grimace fresh and complete, cover his face and remain concealed in the chapel until the moment of his appearance.

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Peter's; he designed the Pope; he designed the Pantheon, the uniform of the Pope's soldiers, the Tiber, the Vatican, the Coliseum, the Capitol, the Tarpeian Rock, the Barberini Palace, St.

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Now the Pope's turn has come and Bonaparte doesn't scruple to depose the head of the Catholic Church- yet all keep silent!

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By the Pope's hind leg, who and what be ye?" he said, turning to Norman of Torn.