SpellRight

SpellRight › Spelling

Moderate

pope

The correct spelling is pope.

How to pronounce pope

/pəʊp/
noun

IPA: /pəʊp/

Say it like: Pop-e

The correct spelling is 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.

Usage Examples

No usage examples in context are available for this word.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
  2. 2.(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
  3. 3.An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
  4. 4.Any bishop of the early Christian church.
  5. 5.The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.

verb

  1. 1.To act as or like a pope.
  2. 2.To convert to Roman Catholicism.

Similar words

Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.

View synonyms & usage examples