Pope Definition

pōp
noun
The bishop of Rome and head of the Church.
Webster's New World
The patriarch of Alexandria.
American Heritage
A parish priest.
Webster's New World
The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
American Heritage
A person regarded as having, or acting as though he has, popelike authority.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A English surname.

Wiktionary

Alexander Pope, English poet.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pope

Noun

Singular:
pope
Plural:
popes

Origin of Pope

  • From Old Church Slavonic попъ (popÅ­) (whence Russian поп (pop), Polish pop), from Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 (papa, “priest"), from Byzantine Greek as etymology 1, above.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English pāpa from Late Latin from Latin father (title of bishops) from Greek pappās papa in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English pāpa, from Medieval Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπάς (papás), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa"), itself imitative.

    From Wiktionary

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