Pope vs. Popess

Popenoun

An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

Popenoun

Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.

Popenoun

(by extension) Any similar head of a religion.

Popenoun

(uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including at first especially over the imaginary land of Prester John or now in figurative and alliterative uses.

Popenoun

(UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and occasionally at other times.

Popenoun

Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.

Popenoun

(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.

Popenoun

(Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.

Popenoun

Any bishop of the early Christian church.

Popenoun

(Britain) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.

Popenoun

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).

Popenoun

The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).

Popenoun

(rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).

Popenoun

(alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.

Popenoun

(Russian Orthodoxy) nodot=11, a Russian Orthodox priest.

Popenoun

The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).

Popenoun

The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).

Popeverb

To act as or like a pope.

Popeverb

To convert to Roman Catholicism.

Popenoun

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

Popenoun

The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

Popenoun

A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

Popenoun

A fish; the ruff.

Popenoun

the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Popenoun

English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

Pope

The pope (Latin: papa, from Greek: πάππας, romanized: pappas, ), also known as the supreme pontiff (Pontifex maximus), the Roman pontiff (Romanus Pontifex) or the Sovereign Pontiff (Summus Pontifex), is the bishop of Rome, head of the worldwide Catholic Church and head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State. According to Catholics, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, giving him the Keys of Heaven and the powers of , naming him as the upon which the church would be built.

Popessnoun

A female pope.

Popessnoun

(tarot cards) A high priestess.