Old English · noun
papa
Normalised pāpa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈpɑː.pɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈpɑː · pɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- pope
Meaning
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pope
...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadigan pāpan Sce. Gregories...
...or from disciples of the blessed pope St. Gregory...
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Descendants
pope
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