Citations:Pope
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English citations of Pope
head of the Roman Catholic church[edit]
- 1674, George Hickes, Letters sent from beyond the Seas, 27:
- [The Gazet] of England came full charged with the News of Burning the Pope in Effigie at London.
- 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76:
- I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
effigy of the head of that church[edit]
- 1713, J. Arbuthnot, Invitation to Peace, 7:
- It shall also be permitted to the said Jacob to assist at the Buying, Dressing, and burning the Pope.
mention (not a use)[edit]
- 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven, second edition:
- Pope, a long pole, to which an effigy of the Pope was attached and burnt on the 5th of Nov.