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Pope
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Pope has 2 senses
- pope(n = noun.person) bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ - the head of the Roman Catholic Church; Array is a member of papacy, pontificate
- pope(n = noun.person) alexander pope - English poet and satirist (1688-1744); Array is a kind of poet
is a kind of spiritual leader, catholic
has particulars: antipope, alexander vi, borgia, pope alexander vi, rodrigo borgia, benedict xiv, prospero lambertini, benedict xv, giacomo della chiesa, benedetto caetani, boniface viii, calixtus ii, guy of burgundy, alfonso borgia, borgia, calixtus iii, clement vii, giulio de' medici, clement xi, giovanni francesco albani, clement xiv, lorenzo ganganelli, gregory, gregory i, gregory the great, saint gregory i, st. gregory i, gregory, gregory vii, hildebrand, angelo correr, gregory, gregory xii, gregory, gregory xiii, ugo buoncompagni, bartolomeo alberto capillari, gregory, gregory xvi, innocent iii, lotario di segni, giovanni battista cibo, innocent viii, benedetto odescalchi, innocent xi, antonio pignatelli, innocent xii, angelo guiseppe roncalli, john xxiii, albino luciano, john paul i, john paul ii, karol wojtyla, leo i, leo the great, st. leo i, leo iii, bruno, bruno of toul, leo ix, giovanni de'medici, leo x, gioacchino pecci, giovanni vincenzo pecci, leo xiii, martin v, oddone colonna, nicholas v, tomasso parentucelli, alessandro farnese, paul iii, giovanni battista montini, paul vi, aeneas silvius, enea silvio piccolomini, pius ii, antonio ghislieri, pius v, giannangelo braschi, giovanni angelo braschi, pius vi, barnaba chiaramonti, luigi barnaba gregorio chiaramonti, pius vii, giovanni maria mastai-ferretti, giovanni mastai-ferretti, pius ix, giuseppe melchiorre sarto, giuseppe sarto, pius x, achille ratti, ambrogio damiano achille ratti, pius xi, eugenio pacelli, pius xii, francesco della rovere, sixtus iv, gerbert, sylvester ii, odo, odo of lagery, otho, otho of lagery, urban ii, guillaume de grimoard, urban v, bartolomeo prignano, urban vi, maffeo barberini, urban viii
Derived form adjective papal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. Foxe. [1913 Webster]
- A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. [1913 Webster]
- A fish; the ruff. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pope, n.
1 (as title usu. Pope) the head of the Roman Catholic Church (also called the Bishop of Rome).
2 the head of the Coptic Church.
3 = RUFF(2).
1 (as title usu. Pope) the head of the Roman Catholic Church (also called the Bishop of Rome).
2 the head of the Coptic Church.
3 = RUFF(2).
Idiom
pope's eye
1 a lymphatic gland surrounded with fat in the middle of a sheep's leg.
2 Sc. a cut of steak.
1 a lymphatic gland surrounded with fat in the middle of a sheep's leg.
2 Sc. a cut of steak.
Derivative
popedom n. popeless adj.
Pope, n. a parish priest of the Orthodox Church in Russia etc.
Etymology
Russ. pop f. OSlav. popu f. WG f. eccl.Gk (as POPE(1))
THESAURUS
Pope
Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicarROGET THESAURUS
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Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.Certainty
N certainty, necessity, certitude, surety, assurance, dead certainty, moral certainty, infallibleness, infallibility, reliability, indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness, gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal, res judicata, ultimatum positiveness, dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer, doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle, ipse dixit, fact, positive fact, matter of fact, fait accompli, certain, sure, assured, solid, well-founded, unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained, inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless, ineluctable, unerring, infallible, unchangeable, to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound, unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable, indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, conclusive, without power of appeal, indubious, without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question, past dispute, clear as day, beyond all question, beyond all dispute, undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed, questionless, doubtless, authoritative, authentic, official, sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun, evident, self-evident, axiomatic, clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday, certainly, for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty, in truth, at any rate, at all events, without fail, coute que coute, coute qu'il coute, whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst, come what may, happen what may, come what will, sink or swim, rain or shine, cela va sans dire, there is no question, no question, not a shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt, the die is cast, facts are stubborn things.
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