Pope

1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
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.
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.