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Pope

/pəʊp/

An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

📖 Definitions of "Pope"

noun
  1. 1

    An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

  2. 2

    (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

  3. 3

    An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.

  4. 4

    Any bishop of the early Christian church.

verb
  1. 1

    To act as or like a pope.

  2. 2

    To convert to Roman Catholicism.

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