Pope

Pope (pōp) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon pāpa, Latin papa father, bishop. Compare Papa, Papal.]

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obsolete] — Foxe

The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

(Zoology) A fish; the ruff.

Collocations (4)

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.