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The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

ommemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.

Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.

A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.

A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. Apostolical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian churc…

A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.

To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope.

Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.

Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable. A tale extremely apropos. Pope.

Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb. Those arduous pats they trod. Pope.

Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope.

; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

of knowledge or power to practical purposes. Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.

; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.] Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. The artful revenge of various animals. Darwin.

One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation. Pope.