Pope : \Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
Papa, Papal.]
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["o]l.) 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied
to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea
parrot.
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({F. corniculata), the tufted puffin
({Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
2. (Bot.) The puffball.
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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POPE. The chief of the catholic religion is so called. He is a temporal
prince. He is elected by certain officers called cardinals, and remains in
power during life. In the 9th Collation of the Authentics it is declared the
bishop of Rome hath the first place of sitting in all assemblies, and the
bishop of Constantinople the second. Ridley's View, part 1, chap. 3, sect.
10.
2. ThePope : has no political authority in the United States.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Pope, MS (village, FIPS 59240)
Location: 34.21366 N, 89.94763 W
Population (1990): 171 (73 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38658
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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