[syn: Pope, Alexander Pope]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pope
n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: pope,
Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy
Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome]
2: English poet and satirist (1688-1744) [syn: Pope,
Alexander Pope]