From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishPopePope, pope /pəʊp $ poʊp/ noun [countable] 1 RRCthe leader of the Roman Catholic Church → papal The pope will visit El Salvador this year. Pope John XXIII2 → Is the Pope (a) Catholic?
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Pope• Pope John Paul II• During the annual Pope Day at Newport and Boston, crowds burned the pope in effigy.• Several thousand people came to hear the Pope speak.• If all else failed I would have to write to the Pope.Origin Pope (800-900) Late Latin papa, from Greek pappas, papas “father”, used as a title of bishops 