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noun
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The correct spelling is popes. (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- 2.An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- 3.(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- 4.An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- 5.Any bishop of the early Christian church.
verb
- 1.To act as or like a pope.
- 2.To convert to Roman Catholicism.
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