Pope

Noun

 * 1)  The bishop of Rome; the head of the Roman Catholic church.
 * 2)  The head of any religion.
 * 3) * 2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me!, National Public Radio
 * I really did want to interview the pope. Any pope. I'm not particular.
 * 1) (Eastern Christianity) The Bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria.
 * usage: In Coptic Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Alexandria is normally styled as Pope Name, e.g. Pope Shenouda: In Eastern Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Alexandria is officially styled as Pope of Alexandria, but only in liturgy, official documents and intercessions, and not so addressed in daily conversations.
 * 1) A small Eurasian freshwater fish, Gymnocephalus cernua.
 * 2) Any of various birds having reddish plumage on the breast, especially the bullfinch.

Related terms

 * antipope
 * bishop
 * papal


 * papacy
 * papist
 * patriarch
 * popedom

Derived terms

 * popemobile, Popemobile
 * pope’s living room

Noun

 * 1) (in Russian tradition) An Eastern Orthodox priest.

Verbs for Pope
bow before—; consult—; defy—; support—; visit—; —addresses; —administers; —appeals to; —beads; —blesses; —controls; — governs;  —interviews;   —officiates;   — orates; —prays;  —reprimands; —sanctions; —secludes; —supplicates.

Thesaurus
Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar

Etymology 1
From papa:, from Medieval Latin papa:, from  παπάς:, variant of πάππας:.

Etymology 2
From Old Church Slavonic ( > Russian, Polish pop), from Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 ‘priest’, from  as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: pous
 * Arabic:, حبر أعظم,
 * Armenian: պապ (pap)
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: Papa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 教皇, 教宗, 羅馬教宗,  罗马教宗
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, papino
 * Estonian: papp
 * Filipino: papa (more common: "Santo Papa")
 * Finnish:
 * French:, papesse
 * German:, Päpstin
 * Greek: (pápas)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पोप
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: papo
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 教皇 , ポープ,  ローマ教皇
 * Korean: 로마 교황 (roma gyohwang)
 * Latin: ,
 * Limburgish: paus


 * Lithuanian: popiežius
 * Luxembourgish: Poopst
 * Macedonian:
 * Manx: paab
 * Mongolian: пап, Ромын пап
 * Norwegian: pave
 * Old English:
 * Old Irish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: папа римский,
 * Scottish Gaelic: pàp
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: papa
 * Slovak: pápež
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: mopapa
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: папа римський,
 * Volapük: papal,  hipapal,  jipapal,  pap
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: פּויפּס, פּויפּסט
 * Yup'ik:

Noun

 * Arabic: شنودة
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: paus
 * Macedonian:


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: поп, pop
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Ukrainian:

Anagrams

 * pepo