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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.
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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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