Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pope \Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
{Papa}, {Papal}.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff.
{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}.
Source : WordNet®
Pope
n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {Catholic Pope},
{Roman Catholic Pope}, {Pontiff}, {Holy Father}, {Vicar
of Christ}, {Bishop of Rome}]
2: English poet and satirist (1688-1744) [syn: {Alexander Pope}]