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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pope \pope\ p=op, n. as. p=apa, l. papa father, bishop.
   cf. papa, papal.
   1. any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. obs. --foxe.
      1913 webster

   2. the bishop of rome, the head of the roman catholic church.
      see note under cardinal.
      1913 webster

   3. a parish priest, or a chaplain, of the greek church.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. a fish; the ruff.
      1913 webster

   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.

   to be more catholic than the pope to adhere more
      stringently to roman catholic practices and doctrine than
      is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a
      negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
papa papal note cardinal pope joan pope's eye 
pope's nose uropygium to be more catholic than the pope 

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