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12 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pope \Pope\ (p[=o]p), n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop.
Cf. {Papa}, {Papal}.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
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3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
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4. (Zool.) A fish; the ruff.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
{coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({Fratercula corniculata}), the
tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
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{Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zool.)
A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --
called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone perch}, or
{striped perch}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Pope
n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {Catholic Pope},
{Roman Catholic Pope}, {Pontiff}, {Holy Father}, {Vicar
of Christ}, {Bishop of Rome}]
2: English poet and satirist (1688-1744) [syn: {Alexander Pope}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vicar
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:
POPE. The chief of the catholic religion is so called. He is a temporal
prince. He is elected by certain officers called cardinals, and remains in
power during life. In the 9th Collation of the Authentics it is declared the
bishop of Rome hath the first place of sitting in all assemblies, and the
bishop of Constantinople the second. Ridley's View, part 1, chap. 3, sect.
10.
2. The pope has no political authority in the United States.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pope, MS (village, FIPS 59240)
Location: 34.21366 N, 89.94763 W
Population (1990): 171 (73 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38658
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Pope -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 4413
Housing Units (2000): 2351
Land area (2000): 370.863411 sq. miles (960.531785 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.774572 sq. miles (9.776097 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 374.637983 sq. miles (970.307882 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 37.411400 N, 88.573261 W
Headwords:
Pope
Pope, IL
Pope County
Pope County, IL
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Pope -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 11236
Housing Units (2000): 5827
Land area (2000): 670.136238 sq. miles (1735.644816 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 47.151019 sq. miles (122.120574 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 717.287257 sq. miles (1857.765390 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.592633 N, 95.447319 W
Headwords:
Pope
Pope, MN
Pope County
Pope County, MN
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Pope -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 54469
Housing Units (2000): 22851
Land area (2000): 811.900192 sq. miles (2102.811754 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 18.888635 sq. miles (48.921339 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 830.788827 sq. miles (2151.733093 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.330478 N, 93.084446 W
Headwords:
Pope
Pope, AR
Pope County
Pope County, AR
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Pope-Vannoy Landing, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 8
Housing Units (2000): 19
Land area (2000): 48.830214 sq. miles (126.469668 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.428282 sq. miles (21.829150 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 57.258496 sq. miles (148.298818 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62125
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 59.537594 N, 154.530521 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pope-Vannoy Landing, AK
Pope-Vannoy Landing
Pope, AK
Pope
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Pope, MS -- U.S. village in Mississippi
Population (2000): 241
Housing Units (2000): 96
Land area (2000): 1.011052 sq. miles (2.618613 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.011052 sq. miles (2.618613 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59240
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.214976 N, 89.944299 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38658
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pope, MS
Pope
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