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pope
1[ pohp ]
noun
- (often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- (in the early Christian church) a bishop.
- a person considered as having or assuming authority or a position similar to that of the Roman Catholic pope.
- the title of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
- Eastern Church.
- the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria.
- (in certain churches) a parish priest.
Pope
2[ pohp ]
noun
- Alexander, 1688–1744, English poet.
- John, 1822–92, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- John Russell, 1874–1937, U.S. architect.
ʴDZé
3[ poh-pey ]
noun
- died 1690?, Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680.
Pope
1/ əʊ /
noun
- PopeAlexander16881744MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: satirist Alexander. 1688–1744, English poet, regarded as the most brilliant satirist of the Augustan period, esp with his Imitations of Horace (1733–38). His technical virtuosity is most evident in The Rape of the Lock (1712–14). Other works include The Dunciad (1728; 1742), the Moral Essays (1731–35), and An Essay on Man (1733–34)
pope
2/ əʊ /
noun
- often capital the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church papal
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- a title sometimes given to a parish priest
- a title sometimes given to the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
- a person assuming or having a status or authority resembling that of a pope
pope
3/ əʊ /
noun
- another name for ruffe
pope
- The head of the Roman Catholic Church . The pope is believed by his church to be the successor to the Apostle Peter . He is bishop of Rome and lives in a tiny nation within Rome called the Vatican . Catholics believe that when the pope speaks officially on matters of faith and morals, he speaks infallibly ( see papal infallibility ). ( See also John XXIII and John Paul II .)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pope1
Old English papa, from Church Latin: bishop, esp of Rome, from Late Greek papas father-in-God, from Greek pappas father
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After a South American pope, is it time for an Asian one, he was asked.
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Partly it's because it has been so long - 20 years - since a pope has died in office.
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Pope Francis, the first ever Latin American pope, died on Monday aged 88, following a period of ill health that led to him spending five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.
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It is also very different from the funeral of the last pope to die while still in office - that of John Paul II in 2005.
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The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself.
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