pope in Arabic
بَابَا bābā
UK/pəʊp//poʊp/
pope in Arabic: بَابَا (bābā), حَبْر أَعْظَم (ḥabr ʔaʕẓam), حَبْر (ḥabr), الْبَابَا (al-bābā). In English, pope means an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
Arabic words for pope
- head of the Roman Catholic Church
- بَابَا bābā, حَبْر أَعْظَم ḥabr ʔaʕẓam, حَبْر ḥabr
- Russian Orthodox priest
- الْبَابَا al-bābā, الْأَب al-ʔab
English meaning of pope
- noun An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- noun Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
- noun Any similar head of a religion.
- noun A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
pope in a sentence
- 1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89
Synonyms of pope
- Guy Fawkes Day
- their respective entries
- Orthodox Bishop of Alexandria
- Bishop of Rome
- Patriarch of Rome
- Vicar of Christ
- Bishop of Alexandria
- Patriarch of Alexandria
pope in other languages
Questions about pope in Arabic
- What is the meaning of pope in Arabic?
- Pope in Arabic is بَابَا (bābā), حَبْر أَعْظَم (ḥabr ʔaʕẓam), حَبْر (ḥabr), الْبَابَا (al-bābā).
- ما معنى كلمة pope؟
- Pope: بَابَا (bābā), حَبْر أَعْظَم (ḥabr ʔaʕẓam), حَبْر (ḥabr), الْبَابَا (al-bābā).
- What does pope mean in English?
- Pope means an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
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