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

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