Pope, Alexander 1688-1744. English writer best remembered for his satirical mock-epic poems The Rape of the Lock (1712) and The Dunciad (1728). |
Pope, John 1822-1892. American Union general in the Civil War who was defeated by Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862). |
pope (p p)n.1. often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church on earth. 2. Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria. 3. The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria. 4. The male head of some non-Christian religions: the Taoist pope. 5. A person considered to have unquestioned authority: the pope of surrealism.
[Middle English, from Old English p pa, from Late Latin, from Latin, father (title of bishops), from Greek papp s; see papa in Indo-European roots.] |
Pope [pəʊp]n (Biographies / Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) M, English, WRITING: poet, WRITING: satirist) Alexander. 1688-1744, English poet, regarded as the most brilliant satirist of the Augustan period, esp with his Imitations of Horace (1733-38). His technical virtuosity is most evident in
pope1n1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church)
(often capital) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church Related adj
papal 2. (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox))
Eastern Orthodox Churchesa. a title sometimes given to a parish priest
b. a title sometimes given to the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
3. a person assuming or having a status or authority resembling that of a pope
[Old English papa, from Church Latin: bishop, esp of Rome, from Late Greek papas father-in-God, from Greek pappas father]
pope2n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for ruffe (the fish)
Popean apostolic letter written by and signed by the pope.
a letter from the Pope to the Roman Catholic clergy on matters of doctrine or other concerns of the Church, of tenmeant to be read from the pulpit.
excessive veneration or worship of the pope. — papolatrous, adj.
1. the papacy.
2. the state and government of the Vatican or the Pope.
Derogatory & Offensive. Roman Catholicism.
a supporter of Pope Urban VI in the conflict of 1378 when an opposing faction established Clement VII as Pope. See also
monks and nuns.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | pope - the head of the Roman Catholic ChurchCatholic - a member of a Catholic church antipope - someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism" |
| 2. | Pope - English poet and satirist (1688-1744) |
popeRelated wordsadjective papal Popes
| Pope | Pontificate |
|---|
| Peter | until c.64 |
| Linus | c.64-c.76 |
| Anacletus | c.76-c.90 |
| Clement I | c.90-c.99 |
| Evaristus | c.99-c.105 |
| Alexander I | c.105-c.117 |
| Sixtus I | c.117-c.127 |
| Telesphorus | c.127-c.137 |
| Hyginus | c.137-c.140 |
| Pius I | c.140-c.154 |
| Anicetus | c.154-c.166 |
| Soter | c.166-c.175 |
| Eleutherius | 175-89 |
| Victor I | 189-98 |
| Zephyrinus | 198-217 |
| Callistus I | 217-22 |
| Urban I | 222-30 |
| Pontian | 230-35 |
| Anterus | 235-36 |
| Fabian | 236-50 |
| Cornelius | 251-53 |
| Lucius I | 253-54 |
| Stephen I | 254-57 |
| Sixtus II | 257-58 |
| Dionysius | 259-68 |
| Felix I | 269-74 |
| Eutychianus | 275-83 |
| Caius | 283-96 |
| Marcellinus | 296-304 |
| Marcellus I | 308-09 |
| Eusebius | 310 |
| Miltiades | 311-14 |
| Sylvester I | 314-35 |
| Mark | 336 |
| Julius I | 337-52 |
| Liberius | 352-66 |
| Damasus I | 366-84 |
| Siricius | 384-99 |
| Anastasius I | 399-401 |
| Innocent I | 402-17 |
| Zosimus | 417-18 |
| Boniface I | 418-22 |
| Celestine I | 422-32 |
| Sixtus III | 432-40 |
| Leo I | 440-61 |
| Hilarus | 461-68 |
| Simplicius | 468-83 |
| Felix III (II) | 483-92 |
| Gelasius I | 492-96 |
| Anastasius II | 496-98 |
| Symmachus | 498-514 |
| Hormisdas | 514-23 |
| John I | 523-26 |
| Felix IV (III) | 526-30 |
| Boniface II | 530-32 |
| John II | 533-35 |
| Agapetus I | 535-36 |
| Silverius | 536-37 |
| Vigilius | 537-55 |
| Pelagius I | 556-61 |
| John III | 561-74 |
| Benedict I | 575-79 |
| Pelagius II | 579-90 |
| Gregory I | 590-604 |
| Sabinianus | 604-06 |
| Boniface III | 607 |
| Boniface IV | 608-15 |
| Deusdedit or Adeodatus I | 615-18 |
| Boniface V | 619-25 |
| Honorious I | 625-38 |
| Severinus | 640 |
| John IV | 640-42 |
| Theodore I | 642-49 |
| Martin I | 649-54 |
| Eugenius I | 654-57 |
| Vitalian | 657-72 |
| Adeotatus II | 672-6 |
| Donus | 676-78 |
| Agatho | 678-81 |
| Leo II | 682-83 |
| Benedict II | 684-85 |
| John V | 685-86 |
| Cono | 686-87 |
| Sergius I | 687-701 |
| John VI | 701-05 |
| John VII | 705-07 |
| Sisinnius | 708 |
| Constantine | 708-15 |
| Gregory II | 715-31 |
| Gregory III | 731-41 |
| Zacharias | 741-52 |
| Stephen II (not consecrated) | 752 |
| Stephen II (III) | 752-7 |
| Paul I | 757-67 |
| Stephen III (IV) | 768-72 |
| Hadrian I | 772-95 |
| Leo III | 795-816 |
| Stephen IV (V) | 816-17 |
| Paschal I | 817-24 |
| Eugenius II | 824-27 |
| Valentine | 827 |
| Gregory IV | 827-44 |
| Sergius II | 844-47 |
| Leo IV | 847-55 |
| Benedict III | 855-58 |
| Nicholas I | 858-67 |
| Hadrian II | 867-72 |
| John VIII | 872-82 |
| Marinus I | 882-84 |
| Hadrian III | 884-85 |
| Stephen V (VI) | 885-91 |
| Formosus | 891-96 |
| Boniface VI | 896 |
| Stephen VI (VII) | 896-97 |
| Romanus | 897 |
| Theodore II | 897 |
| John IX | 898-900 |
| Benedict IV | 900-03 |
| Leo V | 903 |
| Sergius III | 904-11 |
| Anastasius III | 911-13 |
| Lando | 913-14 |
| John X | 914-28 |
| Leo VI | 928 |
| Stephen VII (VIII) | 928-31 |
| John XI | 931-35 |
| Leo VII | 936-39 |
| Stephen IX | 939-42 |
| Marinus II | 942-46 |
| Agapetus II | 946-55 |
| John XII | 955-64 |
| Leo VIII | 963-65 |
| Benedict V | 964-66 |
| John XIII | 965-72 |
| Benedict VI | 973-74 |
| Benedict VII | 974-83 |
| John XIV | 983-84 |
| John XV | 985-96 |
| Gregory V | 996-99 |
| Sylvester II | 999-1003 |
| John XVII | 1003 |
| John XVIII | 1004-09 |
| Sergius IV | 1009-12 |
| Benedict VIII | 1012-24 |
| John XIX | 1024-32 |
| Benedict IX (first reign) | 1032-44 |
| Sylvester III | 1045 |
| Benedict IX (second reign) | 1045 |
| Gregory VI | 1045-46 |
| Clement II | 1046-47 |
| Benedict IX (third reign) | 1047-48 |
| Damasus II | 1048 |
| Leo IX | 1048-54 |
| Victor II | 1055-57 |
| Stephen IX (X) | 1057-58 |
| Nicholas II | 1059-61 |
| Alexander II | 1061-73 |
| Gregory VII | 1073-85 |
| Victor III | 1086-87 |
| Urban II | 1088-99 |
| Paschal II | 1099-1118 |
| Gelasius II | 1118-19 |
| Callistus II | 1119-24 |
| Honorious II | 1124-30 |
| Innocent II | 1130-43 |
| Celestine II | 1143-44 |
| Lucius II | 1144-45 |
| Eugenius III | 1145-53 |
| Anastasius IV | 1153-54 |
| Hadrian IV | 1154-59 |
| Alexander III | 1159-81 |
| Lucius III | 1181-85 |
| Urban III | 1185-87 |
| Gregory VIII | 1187 |
| Clement III | 1187-91 |
| Celestine III | 1191-98 |
| Innocent III | 1198-1216 |
| Honorious III | 1216-27 |
| Gregory IX | 1227-41 |
| Celestine IV | 1241 |
| Innocent IV | 1243-54 |
| Alexander IV | 1254-61 |
| Urban IV | 1261-64 |
| Clement IV | 1265-68 |
| Gregory X | 1271-76 |
| Innocent V | 1276 |
| Hadrian V | 1276 |
| John XXI | 1276-77 |
| Nicholas III | 1277-80 |
| Martin IV | 1281-85 |
| Honorious IV | 1285-87 |
| Nicholas IV | 1288-92 |
| Celestine V | 1294 |
| Boniface VIII | 1294-1303 |
| Benedict XI | 1303-04 |
| Clement V | 1305-14 |
| John XXII | 1316-34 |
| Benedict XII | 1334-42 |
| Clement VI | 1342-52 |
| Innocent VI | 1352-62 |
| Urban V | 1362-70 |
| Gregory XI | 1370-78 |
| Urban VI | 1378-89 |
| Boniface IX | 1389-1404 |
| Innocent VII | 1404-06 |
| Gregory XII | 1406-15 |
| Martin V | 1417-41 |
| Eugenius IV | 1431-47 |
| Nicholas V | 1447-55 |
| Callistus III | 1455-58 |
| Pius II | 1458-64 |
| Paul II | 1464-71 |
| Sixtus IV | 1471-84 |
| Innocent VIII | 1484-92 |
| Alexander VI | 1492-1503 |
| Pius III | 1503 |
| Julius II | 1503-13 |
| Leo X | 1513-21 |
| Hadrian VI | 1522-23 |
| Clement VII | 1523-34 |
| Paul III | 1534-49 |
| Julius III | 1550-55 |
| Marcellus II | 1555 |
| Paul IV | 1555-59 |
| Pius IV | 1559-65 |
| Pius V | 1566-72 |
| Gregory XIII | 1572-85 |
| Sixtus V | 1585-90 |
| Urban VII | 1590 |
| Gregory XIV | 1590-91 |
| Innocent IX | 1591 |
| Clement VIII | 1592-1605 |
| Leo XI | 1605 |
| Paul V | 1605-21 |
| Gregory XV | 1621-23 |
| Urban VIII | 1623-44 |
| Innocent X | 1644-55 |
| Alexander VII | 1655-67 |
| Clement IX | 1667-69 |
| Clement X | 1670-76 |
| Innocent XI | 1676-89 |
| Alexander VIII | 1689-91 |
| Innocent XII | 1691-1700 |
| Clement XI | 1700-21 |
| Innocent XIII | 1721-24 |
| Benedict XIII | 1724-30 |
| Clement XII | 1730-40 |
| Benedict XIV | 1740-58 |
| Clement XIII | 1758-69 |
| Clement XIV | 1769-74 |
| Pius VI | 1775-99 |
| Pius VII | 1800-23 |
| Leo XII | 1823-29 |
| Pius VIII | 1829-30 |
| Gregory XVI | 1831-46 |
| Pius IX | 1846-78 |
| Leo XIII | 1878-1903 |
| Pius X | 1903-14 |
| Benedict XV | 1914-22 |
| Pius XI | 1922-39 |
| Pius XII | 1939-58 |
| John XXIII | 1958-63 |
| Paul VI | 1963-78 |
| John Paul I | 1978 |
| John Paul II | 1978- |