pope
noun /pəʊp/
/pəʊp/
(often the Pope)
Idioms - the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, who is also the Bishop of Rome
- the election of a new pope
- Pope Francis
- a visit from the Pope
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1- He became pope in 1958.
- He was granted an audience with the Pope.
- people who have met the Pope
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pope- elect
- become
- meet
- …
- an audience with the pope
Word OriginOld English, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek papas ‘bishop, patriarch’, variant of Greek pappas ‘father’.
Idioms
Is the Pope (a) Catholic?
- (humorous) used to say that there is no doubt that something is true
- ‘Will they arrive late?’ ‘Is the Pope a Catholic?’