Citations:Pope

English citations of Pope

head of the Roman Catholic church

• 1674, George Hickes, Letters sent from beyond the Seas, 27:

  [The Gazet] of England came full charged with the News of Burning the Pope in Effigie at London.

• 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76:

  I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

effigy of the head of that church

• 1713, J. Arbuthnot, Invitation to Peace, 7:

  It shall also be permitted to the said Jacob to assist at the Buying, Dressing, and burning the Pope.

mention (not a use)

• 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven, second edition:

  Pope, a long pole, to which an effigy of the Pope was attached and burnt on the 5th of Nov.