pope
English
/pəʊp/, /poʊp/
noun
Definitions
- (Roman Catholicism) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- (Christianity) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
- (Britain) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (); others of its genus.
- (UK) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- (US) The painted bunting ().
- (rare) The ().
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pope inherited from Old English pāpa derived from Latin papa (father, bishop) derived from παπᾶς (bishop, patriarch) derived from Ancient Greek πάπας (bishop, patriarch).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάπας
Gloss
bishop, patriarch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Popemobile English
- antipope English
- antipopery English
- dispope English
- holy English
- paparchy English
- pope-holy English
- popedom English
- popehead English
- popehood English
- popeless English
- popelike English
- popeling English
- popery English
- popeship English
- popess English
- popish English
- popishly English
- popishness English
- popism English
- popist English
- protopope English
- unpope English
- la, papas Latin
- papa Latin
- papalis Latin
- papas Latin
- pāpa Latin
- pāpās Latin
- papa Italian
- πάπας Ancient Greek
- πάππας Ancient Greek
- παπᾶς Ancient Greek
- πρωτόπαπας Ancient Greek
- pappa Norwegian Nynorsk
- pāpa Old English
- pope Middle English
- popedome Middle English
- popehode Middle English
- poperiche Middle English
- pápa Irish
- pape Old French
- papes Old French
- papa Serbo-Croatian
- папа Serbo-Croatian
- पोप Hindi
- โป๊ป Thai
- pab Welsh
- pape Middle Dutch
- bābes Old High German
- pfaffo Old High German
- pfapho Old High German
- antipape Middle French
- 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 Gothic
- პაპი Georgian
- pape Scots
- پوپ Urdu
- popi Tok Pisin
- παπάς gkm
- παπᾶς gkm
- မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈပူပ်ႉ Shan
- ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ်ပူပ်ႉ Shan
- πάπας grc-koi
- papa la-ecc