pope

noun

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(pōp)

noun

often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church on earth.
Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria.
The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
The male head of some non-Christian religions: the Taoist pope.
A person considered to have unquestioned authority: the pope of surrealism.

, Alexander 1688-1744.

English writer best remembered for his satirical mock-epic poems The Rape of the Lock (1712) and The Dunciad (1728).

, John 1822-1892.

American Union general in the Civil War who was defeated by Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862).

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Pope

chirograph, cheirograph

an apostolic letter written by and signed by the pope.

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.