pope: Meaning and Definition of

pope

1. (often cap.) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. (in the early Christian church) a bishop.
3. a person considered as having or assuming authority or a position similar to that of the Roman Catholic pope.
4. the title of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
1. the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria.
2. (in certain churches) a parish priest.

Pope

1. 1688–1744, English poet.
2. 1822–92, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
3. 1874–1937, U.S. architect.

Po•pé

1. died 1690?, Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680.