unpope

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pope

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈpəʊp/

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.
  2. (obsolete) To deprive of a pope.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
      Rome will never so far un-pope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unpope in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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