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English Dictionary: Pope by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pope
n
  1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome]
  2. English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
    Synonym(s): Pope, Alexander Pope
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --
      called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,
      perch}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pope \Pope\, n. [AS. p[be]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
      {Papa}, {Papal}.]
      1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
  
      2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
            See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
  
      3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff.
  
      {Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
            compartments.
  
      {Pope's eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
            the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.
  
      {Pope's nose}, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
            {Uropygium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied
            to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
            whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
            {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
            parrot}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
               the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin
               ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
  
      {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
  
      2. (Bot.) The puffball.
  
      3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pope, MS (village, FIPS 59240)
      Location: 34.21366 N, 89.94763 W
      Population (1990): 171 (73 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38658
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