pope

Definitions

1. 1.The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
2. 2.A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
3. 3.(Zoöl.) A fish; the ruff. Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. -- Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. -- Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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