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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

  1. 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.
  2. noun Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
  3. noun Any similar head of a religion.
  4. noun A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.

Full definition of pope

pope in a sentence

  • 1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89

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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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