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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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