pope
/poʊp/ noun B2- An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- Any similar head of a religion.
- A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
- An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- Garlic, when used in addition to the Holy Trinity of celery, bell peppers and onions.
Plural popes
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Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o’clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope’s Court, Fleet Street.”
Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster’s orange barrow.
However, in the morning I determined to have a look at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle of ink, and with a quill-pen, and seven sheets of foolscap paper, I started off for Pope’s Court.
‘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.
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