popes
SayPOHPSUS/poʊps/UK/pəʊps/
- 1Plural of pope. Use it when you talk about more than one pope.
Many popes have lived in this palace in Rome.
The museum has paintings of famous popes from long ago.
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- 2The form of pope used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
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popes is a form of pope
pope, noun: The title of the bishop of Rome, who leads the Roman Catholic Church and rules Vatican City. Full entry
- Forms
- popepopes plural
- Spelling
- pope → popes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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