Pope /(pōp)/

Pope

n.
  1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.]
  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. A fish; the ruff. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

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.
Pope's nose
the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.
to be more Catholic than the Pope
to adhere more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.