pope

[Pope]

English poet and satirist (1688 1744)

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Noun
the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Noun
English poet and satirist (1688-1744)


n.
Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

n.
The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

n.
A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

n.
A fish; the ruff.


Pope

Pope. 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.

Pope

Pope , n. [AS. p'bepa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal.] 1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] Foxe. 2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal. 3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. 4. (Zo'94l.) A fish; the ruff. Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. -- Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. -- Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.

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Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

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Usage Examples

June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit.

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Other Usage Examples

And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.

The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.

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