[pope] n [ME, fr. OE papa, fr. LL papa, fr. Gk pappas, papas, title of bishops, lit., papa] (bef. 12c) 1 often cap: 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