pope
noun
the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
popes
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pluralof pope.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But in past years, former popes John Paul II and Francis similarly hospitalised at the Gemelli have delivered the prayer from the window of their hospital rooms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Angelus prayer is traditionally recited at the Vatican, overlooking crowds in St Peter's Square but has sometimes been given from a hospital window by previous popes when necessary.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Rome's Gemelli hospital is where popes are usually treated, and they stay in a special suite on the 10th floor, which has a small chapel, kitchen, bathroom and meeting room.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
I thought about all those who had denounced the popes and the church they headed before him: the sans culottes, the guillotinists, the tricoteuses; all the rationalists, the Marxists, the humanists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
With this figure in hand, Mann and Fields calculated the average tenure of more than three hundred other lifetime appointments, including popes, European kings and queens, and U.S.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
