1
often capitalized
: a prelate who as bishop of Rome is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
2
: one that resembles a pope (as in authority)
3
a
: the Eastern Orthodox or Coptic patriarch of Alexandria
b
: a priest of an Eastern church
Examples of pope in a Sentence
The cardinals elected a new pope.
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His only other trip abroad since reassuming the presidency, besides a quick jaunt to the pope’s funeral and a couple of obligatory summits, was a tour through the Middle East.
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Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The shirts include an outline of the pope’s tall mitre headdress above the White Sox baseball player logo.
—Bill Kirkos, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Many Catholic leaders rejected the pope’s stance, with bishops in Africa, Poland and other parts of the world refusing to implement the policy or barring their clergy from offering these blessings.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The small town about 15 miles south of the Vatican has hosted popes for the summer dating back to the 1600s, but Pope Francis never took a summer vacation during his 12-year papacy.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
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Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The shirts include an outline of the pope’s tall mitre headdress above the White Sox baseball player logo.
—Bill Kirkos, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Many Catholic leaders rejected the pope’s stance, with bishops in Africa, Poland and other parts of the world refusing to implement the policy or barring their clergy from offering these blessings.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The small town about 15 miles south of the Vatican has hosted popes for the summer dating back to the 1600s, but Pope Francis never took a summer vacation during his 12-year papacy.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pope. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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