1
often capitalized
: a prelate who as bishop of Rome is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
2
: one that resembles a pope (as in authority)
3
a
: the Eastern Orthodox or Coptic patriarch of Alexandria
b
: a priest of an Eastern church
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The cardinals elected a new pope.
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Flawed men take on the holy task of picking a new pope.
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Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
The dead pope — Oppenheimer Huge shoes for any of these guys to fill.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Images from the pope’s meetings on Thursday morning showed Francis using a simple cloth sling, wrapped around his neck, to hold up his right arm.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The pope has made rare exceptions -- on September 11, 2001, for example.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
The dead pope — Oppenheimer Huge shoes for any of these guys to fill.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Images from the pope’s meetings on Thursday morning showed Francis using a simple cloth sling, wrapped around his neck, to hold up his right arm.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The pope has made rare exceptions -- on September 11, 2001, for example.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pope. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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