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pope(1) (iou)



pope noun1. Also (esp. in titles) Pope. OE.
[ecclesiastical Latin papa bishop, from the time of Leo the Great (5th cent. AD) used spec. of the Bishop of Rome, from ecclesiastical Greek papas bishop, patriarch, later form of pappas father: see PAPA noun2.]
I.
(Used as a title preceding the name of) the Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. OE.
b. An effigy of the Pope burnt on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5 November), or at other times. obsolete exc. dial. L17.
a. transf. The spiritual head of a religion other than Christianity. LME.
b. fig. A person who assumes or is credited with a position, authority, or infallibility like that of the Pope. L16.
Nation Burne-Jones..accepted him as the infallible Pope of Art.
A bishop of the early Christian Church (Hist.); spec. in the Coptic and Orthodox Churches, (used as the title of) the Bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria. M16.
II.
A small thick-bodied percid fish, Gymnocephalus cernua, of lowland rivers in northern Eurasia. Also called ruffe. M17.
A weevil which infests malt or grain. M17-M18.
Any of several birds with bright, usu. reddish plumage, esp. a puffin, a bullfinch. local. L17.
A hot spiced mulled wine. E20.
Phrases: Black Pope the head or General of the Jesuits. kiss the pope's toe: see TOE noun.
Comb.: pope-day (now rare) the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5 November); Pope Joan a card-game using a compartmented tray; the nine of diamonds in this game; Popemobile a specially designed bulletproof vehicle with a raised viewing area, used by the Pope esp. when on an official visit to a foreign country; pope's head (a) any of various cacti of the genus Melocactus, esp. M. communis, of tropical America and the W. Indies, which bear their flowers on a terminal woolly structure; also called Turk's cap, Turk's head; (b) a round long-handled brush or broom for cleaning ceilings, pictures, etc. (also called Turk's head); pope's nose = parson's nose s.v. PARSON noun.
popeless adjective M19.
popelike adjective (now rare) resembling a pope M16.
popeling (a) a follower or adherent of the Pope; a papist; (b) a petty pope; a person who acts like a pope on a small scale: M16.
popely adjective (rare) of or pertaining to a pope L16.
popeship noun (a) popedom, popehood; (b) (with possess. adjective, as
his popeship etc.) a mock title of respect given to a pope: LME.
popess noun a female pope, a papess E16.