pope

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1. giáo hoàng · giáo hoàng ở La Mã

   An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

   Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.

   The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain.

2. rượu vang hâm

   Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.

   broadly · ironic · often

   We often say, that every man has a pope in his belly.

   Burne-Jones... accepted him [Dante Gabriel Rossetti] as the infallible Pope of Art.

   Both [discoveries] were rejected offhand by the popes of the field.

3. Any similar head of a religion.

   broadly

   In þat yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe, þat þei clepen lobassy.

   Mufti, the Mahometan pope or chief of the religion.

   Although Islam has no formal hierarchy of clergy, Tantawy [Egypt's grand imam] often is called the Muslim pope.

4. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.

   uncommon

   Eche day there etyn in his court xii erchebeshopis and xx bishopis, and the patriak of Seynt Thomays is as here pope.

   Ramone, known as ‘the Pope of Pop’ is one of the top record producer-engineers in the world.

5. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.

   uk

   As York's succession was challenged by burning the pope, the Duke of Monmouth was again heralded in the city as a Protestant alternative.

6. An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

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