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popes

noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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