Antonyms for
pope
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
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All Definitions for Pope

Below are all the dictionary definitions of pope:

1An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
2Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
3Any similar head of a religion.
4An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
5An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
6An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
7To act as or like a pope.
8To convert to Roman Catholicism.
9Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
10Any bishop of the early Christian church.
11A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
12The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua)
13Others of its genus.
14The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
15The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
16Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
17The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
18The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).
19The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
20An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
21A number of places in the United States:
22An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
23A township in Fayette County, Illinois.
24An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
25A village in Panola County, Mississippi.
26Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest. [(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.]
27Alternative letter-case form of pope. [(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.]

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