Pope (pōp), n. [AS. pāpa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal.] 1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.