pope

A2 noun

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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.
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Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.

broadly · ironic · often

We often say, that every man has a pope in his belly.
Any similar head of a religion.

broadly

In þat yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe, þat þei clepen lobassy.
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.
An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.

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As York's succession was challenged by burning the pope, the Duke of Monmouth was again heralded in the city as a Protestant alternative.
An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.

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