| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head of Catholic Church |
| Synonyms: | ablegate, bishop of rome, legate, nuncio, otho, papacy, paparchy, pontifex maximus. associatedwords: papal, pontiff, pontifical, popedom, popery, popish, see, vatican, vicegerent |
| Main Entry: | pontiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head of Catholic Church |
| Synonyms: | bishop, pontifex, pope |
| Main Entry: | bishop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyman |
| Synonyms: | abba, administrator, angel, archer, berretta, cap, cleric, coadjutor, diocesan, director, metropolitan, miter, mitre, overseer, patriarch, pontiff, pope, prelate, priest, primate, suffragan |