pope

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}]
    

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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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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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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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
    

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
    

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
    

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. 
    

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
    

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
    

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
    

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