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Is pope a Scrabble word?

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Definition

noun (English)

1. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Examples: "Þa wæs in þa tid Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop."; "The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain."; "2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me!, National Public Radio I really did want to interview the pope. Any pope. I'm not particular."

2. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Examples: "We often say, that every man has a pope in his belly."; "Burne-Jones... accepted him [Dante Gabriel Rossetti] as the infallible Pope of Art."; "Both [discoveries] were rejected offhand by the popes of the field."broadlyironicoften

3. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Examples: "In þat yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe, þat þei clepen lobassy."; "Mufti, the Mahometan pope or chief of the religion."; "Although Islam has no formal hierarchy of clergy, Tantawy [Egypt's grand imam] often is called the Muslim pope."broadly

4. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Examples: "Eche day there etyn in his court xii erchebeshopis and xx bishopis, and the patriak of Seynt Thomays is as here pope."; "Ramone, known as ‘the Pope of Pop’ is one of the top record producer-engineers in the world."uncommon

5. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Examples: "This is the only piece in which the author has given a hint of his religion, by ridiculing the ceremony of burning the pope, and by mentioning with some indignation the inscription […]"; "As York's succession was challenged by burning the pope, the Duke of Monmouth was again heralded in the city as a Protestant alternative."UK

6. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.Synonyms: Guy Fawkes Day, their respective entriesUSobsolete

verb (English)

1. (intransitive or with 'it') To act as or like a pope.Examples: "1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89"; "Vrban the eight, that now Popeth it."; "He would pope it in his own way, God guiding him."intransitive

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To convert to Roman Catholicism.Examples: "I'm not going to ‘Pope’ until after the war (if I'm alive)."; "A prominent Anglican priest had, to use the term generally employed on these occasions, ‘Poped’—that is, left the Church of England in order to become a Roman Catholic."colloquialintransitive

noun (English)

1. (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.Examples: "When made with Burgundy or Bordeaux, the mixture was called Bishop; when with old Rhenish, its name was Cardinal; and when with Tokay, it was dignified with the title of Pope."; "‘Pope’, i.e. mulled burgundy, is Antichristian, from no mere Protestant point of view."; "Pope, a spiced drink made from tokay..., ginger, honey and roasted orange."

noun (English)

1. (Russian Orthodoxy) Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.Examples: "The other Ecclesiastical Orders are distinguish'd into Proto-popes, Popes, (or Priests) and Deacons."; "Every priest is called pope, which implies father."; "In the non-Roman rites diocesan priests are often referred to as popes."alt-ofalternative

noun (English)

1. (US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).Examples: "The Whipperwill has so named itself by its nocturnal songs. It is also called the pope, by reason of its darting with great swiftness, from the clouds almost to the ground, and bawling out Pope!"USdialectalobsolete

2. (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).Examples: "Common Nighthawk... Pope (Conn[ecticut]. From the sound made by its wings while dropping through the air)."USdialectalrare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "pope"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "pope"?

Scrabble
8 points
P3
O1
P3
E1
Words With Friends
10 points
P4
O1
P4
E1

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