pope (p?p)n.1. often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church.2. Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria.3. The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.4. The male head of some non-Christian religions: the Taoist pope.5. A person considered to have unquestioned authority: the pope of surrealism.[Middle English, from Old English p?pa, from Late Latin, from Latin, father (title of bishops), from Greek papp?s; see papa in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.pope (p??p) n1. (Roman Catholic Church) (often capital) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) Eastern Orthodox Church a. a title sometimes given to a parish priestb. a title sometimes given to the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria3. a person assuming or having a status or authority resembling that of a pope[Old English papa, from Church Latin: bishop, esp of Rome, from Late Greek papas father-in-God, from Greek pappas father]pope (p??p) n (Animals) another name for ruffePope (p??p) n (Biography) Alexander. 1688?1744, English poet, regarded as the most brilliant satirist of the Augustan period, esp with his Imitations of Horace (1733?38). His technical virtuosity is most evident in The Rape of the Lock (1712?14). Other works include The Dunciad (1728; 1742), the Moral Essays (1731?35), and An Essay on Man (1733?34)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014pope (po?p) n. 1. (often cap.) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. a person regarded as comparable in authority or position. 3. Eastern Ch. a. the Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria. b. (in certain churches) a parish priest. [before 900; Middle English; Old English p?pa