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pope

/poʊp/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
pope
IPA
/poʊp/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

British usage

noun

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

American usage; Obsolete

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *peh₂-, pope, pāpa, papa, παπᾶς, πάπας

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /poʊp/
  • British English: /pəʊp/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

popes (plural) popes (present, singular) poping (participle, present) poped (participle, past) poped (past)

Derived Forms

antipope dispope popeable popedom popehead popehood popeless popelike popeling popely popemobile popery

Phrases

Black Pope does the Pope shit in the woods? do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope is the Pope Catholic? pope-bulled pope-burning Pope catholic pope-conjurer

Frequently Paired Words

papal papacy antipope popess papess papist Alexander Pope English poet

Synonyms

Bishop of Rome Patriarch of Rome Vicar of Christ Bishop of Alexandria Patriarch of Alexandria Orthodox Bishop of Alexandria Guy Fawkes Day their respective entries

Rhymes With

hope nope scope soap rope cope dope slope grope lope elope mope

Questions

How do you pronounce pope?
The recorded pronunciation is /poʊp/.
What does pope mean?
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
Where does pope come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pope

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