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Pope's eye

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}.
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