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   Pope , n. [AS. pāpa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal.]
   Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.]
   Foxe.
   
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   The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
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   A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
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   (Zool.) A fish; the ruff.
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   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. -- to be more Catholic than the Pope to adhere more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.
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   Puffin , n. [Akin to puff.]
   (Zool.) 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.
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   ☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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   Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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   (Bot.) The puffball.
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   A sort of apple. [Obs.]
   Rider's Dict. (1640).
   
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   { Ruff, Ruffe } , n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zool.) A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone perch, or striped perch.
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