pope
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
Noun 4 meanings
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
“2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me!, National Public Radio I really did want to interview the pope. Any pope. I'm not particular.”
An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
Verb 2 meanings
To act as or like a pope.
To convert to Roman Catholicism.
Etymology
From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c.
POPE at a glance
POPE has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,704 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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