pope's head

  • 1Pope's head — A long handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows. [Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 2pope's head — noun : a long handled brush usually used for dusting ceilings or washing windows …

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  • 3Pope's Head Alley —    In Broad Street (Strype, ed. 1755 Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps …

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  • 4Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill —    North out of Lombard Street, at No.72, to Cornhill at No. 18 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill and Langbourne Wards.    First mention: 1624 (L. and P. Ed. VI., etc., Dom. S. Vol. XI. p.163).    Former name: Popes Hedes Entre, 19 H. VII. 1503 (Lond …

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  • 5Pope's Head Court —    In Bell Yard (Strype, ed. 1755 Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps …

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  • 6Pope Formosus —     Pope Formosus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Formosus     (891 896)     The pontificate of this pope belongs to that era of strife for political supremacy in Italy, which succeeded the disruption of the Carlovingian empire. Formosus was… …

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  • 7Pope Sixtus IV — Sixtus IV Papacy began August 9, 1471 Papacy ended August 12, 1484 (13 years, 3 days) Predecessor …

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  • 8Pope — 1. n. 1 (as title usu. Pope) the head of the Roman Catholic Church (also called the Bishop of Rome). 2 the head of the Coptic Church. 3 = RUFF(2). Phrases and idioms: pope s eye 1 a lymphatic gland surrounded with fat in the middle of a sheep s… …

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  • 9pope — 1. n. 1 (as title usu. Pope) the head of the Roman Catholic Church (also called the Bishop of Rome). 2 the head of the Coptic Church. 3 = RUFF(2). Phrases and idioms: pope s eye 1 a lymphatic gland surrounded with fat in the middle of a sheep s… …

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  • 10pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …

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