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unpope

/ʌnˈpəʊp/

unpope verb: to divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.

Verb

unpope (third-person singular simple present unpopes, present participle unpoping, simple past and past participle unpoped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of a pope.
    • Rome will never so far un-pope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of unpope

third-person singular presentunpopes
present participleunpoping
past participleunpoped
pastunpoped

Origin of unpope

From un- + pope.

Questions about unpope

What does unpope mean?
Unpope means to divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.
What part of speech is unpope?
Unpope is a verb.
How do you pronounce unpope?
Unpope is pronounced /ʌnˈpəʊp/.
What is the past tense of unpope?
The past tense of unpope is unpoped.

Words near unpope in the dictionary

  1. unpool
  2. unpooled
  3. unpooling
  4. unpools
  5. unpop
  6. unpope
  7. unpoped
  8. unpopes
  9. unpoping
  10. unpoppable
  11. unpopped

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