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Definitions and meaning of pope
pope
Alternative forms
Pope
Pronunciation
(UK) enPR: pōp, IPA(key): /pəʊp/
(US) IPA(key): /poʊp/
Rhymes: -əʊp
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishpope, popa, from Old Englishpāpa, from Vulgar Latinpapa(title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Byzantine Greekπαπᾶς(papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greekπάπας(pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας(páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Noun
pope (pluralpopes)
(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
Hypernym:cleric
ante 950, translating Bede's Ecclesiastical History (Tanner), iv. i. 252
Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.
1959 August 19, Flannery O'Connor, letter in Habit of Being (1980), 347
The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain.
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.
(by extension, now often ironic) Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
1893 January 19, Nation (N.Y.), 46/3
Burne-Jones... accepted him [Dante Gabriel Rossetti] as the infallible Pope of Art.
1972 June 2, Science, 966/2
Both [discoveries] were rejected offhand by the popes of the field.
(by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
c.1400, John Mandeville, Travels (Titus C.xvi, 1919), 205
In þat yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe, þat þei clepen lobassy.
2005 April 6, Kansas City Star, b7
Although Islam has no formal hierarchy of clergy, Tantawy [Egypt's grand imam] often is called the Muslim pope.
(uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
ante 1500, John Mandeville, Travels (Rawl., 1953), 103
Eche day there etyn in his court xii erchebeshopis and xx bishopis, and the patriak of Seynt Thomays is as here pope.
1993 December, Vanity Fair (N.Y.), 62/1
Ramone, known as ‘the Pope of Pop’ is one of the top record producer-engineers in the world.
(UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
(US, obsolete) Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
(Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
(Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
1563, 2nd Tome Homelyes, sig. Hh.i
All notable Bishops were then called popes.
(UK) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
(US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
(rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
Usage notes
In English usage, the term is originally and generally taken to refer to the bishop of Rome, although the Egyptian title is actually older. Within the Coptic Church, the Patriarch of Alexandria is normally styled Pope ~; within the Eastern Orthodox Church, their distinct Patriarch of Alexandria is formally titled "Pope of Alexandria", but usually referred to as such only in the liturgy and official documents.
Synonyms
(Catholic): Bishop of Rome, Patriarch of Rome, Vicar of Christ
(Coptic): Bishop of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
(Orthodox): Orthodox Bishop of Alexandria
(Pope Day):See Guy Fawkes Day.
(bishop, animals):See their respective entries.
Coordinate terms
(adjective): papal
(office): papacy
(rival): antipope
(female): popess, papess
(supporter): papist
Derived terms
Descendants
Jamaican Creole: puop
Tok Pisin: pop
→ Hindi: पोप(pop)
→ Urdu: پوپ(pop)
Translations
Verb
pope (third-person singular simple presentpopes, present participlepoping, simple past and past participlepoped)
(intransitive or with 'it') To act as or like a pope.
1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89
1966 February, Duckett's Reg., 14/2
1989 September 24, Los Angeles Times, iii. 22/1
(intransitive, colloquial) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
c.1916, in Evelyn Waugh's Life R. Knox (1959), ii. i. 142
1990 October 7, Sunday Telegraph, 26/5
Etymology 2
By analogy with bishop(“mulled and spiced wine”).
Noun
pope (pluralpopes)
(alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
1976 January 15, Times (London), 12/8
Many of these hot drinks have clerical names—Bishop being a type of mulled port, Cardinal using claret, and Pope Champagne.
Etymology 3
From Russianпоп(pop), from Old Church Slavonicпопъ(popŭ), from Byzantine Greekπαπᾶς(papâs) as above.
Noun
pope (pluralpopes)
(Russian Orthodoxy)Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.
1996 September 20, Daily Telegraph, 25/5
In the non-Roman rites diocesan priests are often referred to as popes.