POPE

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] Foxe.

The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

A fish; the ruff. Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. -- Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. -- Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.