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Pronunciation : Pope
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. papa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal.]
Definition : 1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] Foxe.
2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
4. (Zo?l.)
Defn: 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
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