Pope, Alexander

Cultural  

1. An eighteenth-century English poet known for his satiric wit and insistence on the values of classicism in literature: balance, symmetry, and restraint. His best-known poems are “The Rape of the Lock,” “An Essay on Criticism,” and “An Essay on Man.”

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Example Sentences

Rivers said that to confront Christian nationalism honestly, churches and other houses of worship need to focus on a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 known as the Doctrine of Discovery.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Pope Alexander VI had four children, including, memorably, Lucretia Borgia.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2019

Pope Alexander VI, for example, admitted that he had fathered several children.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

A bankable star doesn’t hurt either, and in the new series the Borgia paterfamilias, Rodrigo, who became Pope Alexander VI, is played by Jeremy Irons, not exactly typecast.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2011

Setting aside the fact that Pope Alexander VI was his former employer, Josquin threw himself into the commission.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall