Meaning of POPE
| Pronunciation: | | powp
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| | Synonyms: | | Holy Father, pontiff, Vicar of Christ |
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| | See Also: | | Achille Ratti, Aeneas Silvius, Albino Luciano, Alexander VI, Alfonso Borgia, Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Antonio Ghislieri, Bartolomeo Prignano, Borgia, Calixtus III, Catholic, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Eugenio Pacelli, Giovanni de Medici, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Gregory, Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Gregory VII, Gregory XIII, Hildebrand, Innocent III, John Paul I, John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, Leo I, Leo III, Leo the Great, Leo X, Lotario di Segni, Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, Odo of Lagery, papacy, Pius II, Pius V, Pius VII, Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII, pontificate, Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, Saint Gregory I, spiritual leader, St Gregory I, St Leo I, Ugo Buoncompagni, Urban II, Urban VI | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
{Papa}, {Papal}.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff.
{Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
compartments.
{Pope's eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.
{Pope's nose}, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
{Uropygium}.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a pope in your dream, represents your spiritual guidance, beliefs, and spiritual self. The dream serves to be an inspiration. Alternatively, it may indicate your own self-righteousness, narrow-mindedness, and holier-than-thou attitudes. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, Grand Penitentiary, hierarch, high priest, Holy Father, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar |
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