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2. Noun. (plural of pope) ¹

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Definition of Popes

1. pope [n] - See also: pope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Popes

Literary usage of Popes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The existence of these coins, while the popes yet recognized the Byzantine ... Ill), who believes that, in the eighth century, the popes received from the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Noel Valois, who assumes authority on the question, at first considered the rival popes as doubtful, and believed "that the solution of this great problem ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Noel Valois, who assumes authority on the question, at first considered the rival popes as doubtful, and believed "that the solution of this great problem ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"However, when the popes returned from Avignon to Rome, ... Letters of several popes taken from the volumes of the Regesta have been published by: ..."

5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"But certain of the popes stand out and supply convenient handles for the student ... Other noteworthy popes are Leo III (795-816), who 'crowned Charlemagne, ..."

6. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"popes. Presuming that Peter woe in Rome, and that he was the first of the popes, there have been 297 popes, 24 of whom were anti-popes and one female (if ..."

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