noun
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
Synonyms: pontiff, bishop-of-rome, Supreme Pontiff, head of the Roman Catholic church, legate, Primate of Italy, ablegate, Roman Pontiff, vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, Metropolitan of the Roman Province, nuncio, otho, successor to Peter in the See of Rome, Catholic Pope, alexander pope, papacy, Patriarch of the West, paparchy, his-holiness, Roman Catholic Pope, pontifex maximus. associatedwords: papal, the Holy Father, pontifical, Servus servorum Dei (Latin), popedom, popery, popish, see, holy-father, vatican, vicegerent, vicar-of-christ