Pope \Pope\ (p[=o]p), n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop.
   Cf. {Papa}, {Papal}.]
   1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
      
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   2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
      See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
      
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   3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
      
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   4. (Zool.) A fish; the ruff.
      
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   {Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
      compartments.

   {Popes eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
      the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.

   {Popes 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 \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
   1. (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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   Note: 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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   2. (Bot.) The puffball.
      
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   3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
      
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Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \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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