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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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