Pope Definition
pōp
noun
The bishop of Rome and head of the Church.
Webster's New World
The patriarch of Alexandria.
American Heritage
A parish priest.
Webster's New World
The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
American Heritage
A person regarded as having, or acting as though he has, popelike authority.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- alexander pope
- Roman Catholic Pope
- vicar-of-christ
- holy-father
- Catholic Pope
- bishop-of-rome
- pontiff
- vicegerent
- vatican
- see
- popish
- popery
- popedom
- pontifical
- pontifex maximus. associatedwords: papal
Other Word Forms of Pope
Noun
Singular:
pope
Plural:
popesOrigin of Pope
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From Old Church Slavonic попъ (popÅ) (whence Russian поп (pop), Polish pop), from Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 (papa, “priest"), from Byzantine Greek as etymology 1, above.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English pāpa from Late Latin from Latin father (title of bishops) from Greek pappās papa in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English pāpa, from Medieval Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπάς (papás), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa"), itself imitative.
From Wiktionary
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