pope
/poʊp/ verb C2- To act as or like a pope.
- To convert to Roman Catholicism.
He/she/it popes · Past poped · Past participle poped · -ing form poping
Verb forms
- Base form
- pope
- He/she/it
- popes
- Past
- poped
- Past participle
- poped
- -ing form
- poping
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‘William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest.
She finds Miss Pope a treasure.
The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope’s ‘Homer,’ two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.”
Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o’clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope’s Court, Fleet Street.”
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