Pope
[pəʊp] or [pop]
Definition
(noun.) the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
(noun.) English poet and satirist (1688-1744).
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Definition
(n.) Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
(n.) The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
(n.) A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
(n.) A fish; the ruff.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pontiff, bishop of Rome.
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Definition
n. the bishop of Rome head of the R.C. Church: a priest of the Eastern Church: the autocratic head of any church or organisation.—ns. Pope′dom office dignity or jurisdiction of the pope; Pope′hood Pope′ship the condition of being pope; Pope′ling a little pope; Pop′ery the religion of which the pope is the head: Roman Catholicism; Pope's′-eye the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or a sheep; Pope's′-head a long-handled brush; Pope's′-nose the fleshy part of a bird's tail.—adj. Pop′ish relating to the pope or to popery: taught by popery.—adv. Pop′ishly.—Pope Joan a game at cards in which the eight of diamonds is removed.
n. a kind of perch.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Any dream in which you see the Pope, without speaking to him, warns you of servitude. You will bow to the will of some master, even to that of women. To speak to the Pope, denotes that certain high honors are in store for you. To see the Pope looking sad or displeased, warns you against vice or sorrow of some kind.
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Examples
- The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ferguson said, further, that the Pope permits no ancient work of this kind to leave his dominions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Rome mission was sent by Pope Gregory the Great just at the close of the sixth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This would have lengthened the average reign of each Pope, and enormously increased the continuity of the policy of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He also visited Rome, where he was received with the greatest good-will by Pope Paul V and his cardinals, and where he met the leading scientists of the capital. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He had a passion for the argumentative conversion of heretics, and he was commissioned by Pope Innocent III to go and preach to the Albigenses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The people of Anagni did resent the first outrage, and rose against Nogaret to liberate Boniface, but then Anagni was the Pope's native town. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A private-line department was established, and the business taken over from Pope, Edison, and Ashley was rapidly enlarged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On the 21st General Pope arrived with an army 30,000 strong, fresh from the capture of Island Number Ten in the Mississippi River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When one is in Rome one must not speak evil of the Pope! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As the barbarian races settled and became Christian, the Pope began to claim an overlordship of their kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the vow had been part of the bargain by which he secured the support of Pope Innocent III in his election as emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No doubt he had been thinking and talking of making himself emperor, but he had evidently not intended that the Pope should make him emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some day it may be we shall see a new order of Jesuits, vowed not to the service of the Pope, but to the service of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Five Popes tottered to the Lateran to die within the space of ten years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The triple crown of the popes is more commonly called the tiara. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They painted Virgins enough, and popes enough and saintly scarecrows enough, to people Paradise, almost, and these things are all they did paint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Conquerors have gone forth with the blessing of popes; a nation invokes its God before beginning a campaign of murder, rape and pillage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They have their invisible popes, called Art, Nature, Science, with regalia and ritual and a catechism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Fourth--Some twelve or fifteen canonized Popes and martyrs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How later on the Council of Basle (1437) led to a fresh schism, and to further anti-Popes, we cannot relate here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A series of Popes pursued the policy of supporting the French monarchs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For Innocent III was one of the great persecuting Popes, an able, grasping, and aggressive man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Popes have long been the patrons and preservers of art, just as our new, practical Republic is the encourager and upholder of mechanics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The history of the papacy is confusing to the general reader because of the multitude and abundance of the Popes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the Popes during their centuries of power were always raging against the slightest reflection upon the intellectual sufficiency of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Popes did not understand the necessity of dignity to the papacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the craft and policy of the Popes of the thirteenth century to oust the Emperor from Italy had only served to let in the French to replace him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Strong emperors like Justinian had bullied the Popes and obliged them to come to Constantinople; weak emperors had annoyed them ineffectively. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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