popes
noun
Meaning
- (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Church) 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.
- Any bishop of the early Christian church.
- The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (Cumberland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- To act as or like a pope.
- To convert to Roman Catholicism.
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).
- The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
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