Pope vs Bird - What's the difference?
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An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church.
* ante'' 950 , translating (Bede)'s ''(Ecclesiastical History) (Tanner), iv. i. 252
* 1959 August 19 , (w, Flannery O'Connor), letter in Habit of Being (1980), 347
* 2007 May 5, Ted Koppel (guest), Wait, Wait... Don’t tell me! , National Public Radio
# Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
#* 1689 , G. Bulkeley, People's Right to Election'' in ''Andros Tracts (1869), II. 106
#* 1893 January 19 , Nation (N.Y.), 46/3
#* 1972 June 2 , Science , 966/2
#* 1978 , Atlas World Press Review , volume 25, page 19:
# (by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
#* (John Mandeville), Travels (Titus C.xvi, 1919), 205
#* 1787 , A. Hawkins translating Vincent Mignot as The history of the Turkish, or Ottoman Empire , IV.
#* 2005 April 6 , Kansas City Star , b7
# (uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of (Prester John) or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
#* ante'' 1500 , (John Mandeville), ''Travels (Rawl., 1953), 103
#* 1993 December , Vanity Fair (N.Y.), 62/1
# (UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
#* 1830 , Alexander Pope, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope , page xxi:
#* 2005 , Gary S. De Krey, London and the Restoration, 1659–1683 (ISBN 1107320682), page 182:
# (US, obsolete) Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
(Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
(Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
* 1563 , 2nd Tome Homelyes, sig. Hh.i
* 1703 , translating U. Chevreau as Hist. World , III. v. 379
(UK) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (); others of its genus.
* 1792 , William Augustus Osbaldiston, The British Sportsman, Or, Nobleman, Gentleman and Farmer's Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement , page 176:
* 1862 , Francis T. Buckland, Curiosities of Natural History , page 230:
* 1865 January 14, Astley H. Baldwin, "Small Fry" in Once a Week , page 105:
(rfv-sense) ).
* 1658 , J. Rowland translating T. Moffet as Theater of Insects'' in Topsell's ''Hist. Four-footed Beasts , 1086:
* 1743 , W. Ellis, Suppl. to London & Country Brewer second edition, 259:
* 1847 , J. O. Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words , II. 637/2
(rfv-sense) ).
*1759 , "Linnæus's Systema Naturæ", The Gentleman's Magazine , page 456:
*:Alca genus; 6 species, including the razorbill, the penguin, the pope , and others.
*1773 , John Hill, "Alca", A General Natural History , volume 3, page 442:
* 1822 , George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands , page 264-5:
* 1864 , Charles Issac Elton, Norway: The Road and the Fell , page 94:
* 1874 , J. Van Voorst, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History , page 3904:
).
* 1771 , M. Bossu, Travels Through that Part of North America Formerly Called Louisiana , volume 1, page 371:
* 1806 , Berquin-Duvallon, Travels in Louisiana and the Floridas, in the Year, 1802: Giving a Correct Picture of Those Countries , page 122:
* 1821 Édouard de Montulé, A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies in 1817 , page 54:
(rfv-sense) The bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula ).
* 1864 , N. & Q. 3rd series, 5 124/2:
* 1885 , C. Swainson, Provincial Names for British Birds , 66:
* 1963 , R. M. Nance, Glossary of Cornish Sea-words , 129:
*:‘Pope ’ is in (Dorset) a bullfinch.
* 2001 April 10 , Western Morning News (Plymouth), 26:
(rfv-sense) ).
* 1885 , C. Swainson, Provincial Names of British Birds , 47:
The red-cowled cardinal ().
* 1864 August 6, The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman , page 100:
* 1883 , William Thomas Greene, The amateur's aviary of foreign birds: or, How to keep and breed foreign birds , page 96:
* 1895 , A. A. Thom, "Dominican cardinals" in The Avicultural Magazine , page 128:
* 1898 , The Avicultural Magazine , Volume 4, page 87:
* 1956 , Foreign birds for cage and aviary , Volume 4, page 20:
To act as or like a pope.
* 1537 , T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89
* 1624 , R. Montagu, Gagg for New Gospell? xiii. 95
* 1966 February , Duckett's Reg. , 14/2
* 1989 September 24 , Los Angeles Times , iii. 22/1
(colloquial) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
* in (Evelyn Waugh)'s Life R. Knox (1959), ii. i. 142
* 1990 October 7 , Sunday Telegraph , 26/5
(alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
* 1855 , C. W. Johnson, Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs , 1157/1
* 1920 , G. Saintsbury, Notes on Cellar-bk. , xi. 162
*:‘Pope ’, i.e. mulled burgundy, is Antichristian, from no mere Protestant point of view.
* 1965 , O. A. Mendelsohn, Dict. Drink , 264
* 1976 January 15 , Times (London), 12/8
(Russian Orthodoxy) , a Russian Orthodox priest.
* 1662 , J. Davies translating A. Olearius as Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors , 139
* 1756 , Compend. Authentic & Entertaining Voy. , V. 202
* 1996 September 20 , Daily Telegraph , 25/5
(US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus ).
* 1781 , S. Peters, Gen. Hist. Connecticut , 257:
(US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor ).
* 1956 , Massachusetts Audubon Soc. Bull. , 40 81:
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
* 2004 , Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds , page 50:
(dated, slang) A man, fellow.
* 1886 , Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 24:
* 2006 , Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
(UK, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
* Campbell
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
(slang) An airplane.
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
* Shakespeare
* Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20)
To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment
To catch or shoot birds.
(figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
A prison sentence.
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
* 2002 , The Advocate , "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
* 2003 , , The Beach House , Warner Books, page 305,
As proper nouns the difference between pope and bird
is that pope is originating as a nickname while bird is .As a noun pope
is (pope).pope
English
Caprara. The Pope wears the pallium.Alternative forms
* PopeEtymology 1
From (etyl) pope, popa, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Þa]] tid [[Vitalius, Uitalius papa þæs apostolican seðles aldorbiscop.
- The Pope is not going to issue a bull condemning the Spanish Church's support of France and destroy the Church's right to exist in Spain.
- I really did want to interview the pope'. Any ' pope . I'm not particular.
- We often say, that every man has a pope in his belly.
- ... accepted him [Dante Gabriel Rossetti] as the infallible Pope of Art.
- Both [discoveries] were rejected offhand by the popes of the field.
- Above all, the SED reformers cite the progress inherent in the emancipation of Westem Communist parties from the "red popes in the Kremlin."
- In þat]] yle dwelleth the Pope of hire lawe, [[they, þei clepen lobassy.
- Mufti , the Mahometan pope or chief of the religion.
- Although Islam has no formal hierarchy of clergy, Tantawy [Egypt's grand imam] often is called the Muslim pope .
- Eche]] day there etyn in his court xii erchebeshopis and xx bishopis, and the patriak of [[Saint Thomas, Seynt Thomays is as here pope .
- , known as ‘the Pope of Pop’ is one of the top record producer-engineers in the world.
- This is the only piece in which the author has given a hint of his religion, by ridiculing the ceremony of burning the pope , and by mentioning with some indignation the inscription
- As York's succession was challenged by burning the pope , the Duke of Monmouth was again heralded in the city as a Protestant alternative.
- All notable Bishops were then called popes .
- All Bishops in that time had the Stile]] of Pope given them, as now we call every one of them, [[my Lord, My Lord.
- Byfleet-river, wherein are very large pikes, jack, and tench ; perch, of eighteen inches long ; good carp, large flounders, bream, roach, dace, gudgeons, popes , large chub, and eels.
- It resembles the perch (unfortunately for itself) in having a very long and prickly fin on its back, advantage of which is taken by the boys about Windsor, who are very fond of 'plugging a pope'.' This operation consists in fixing a bung in the sharp spines on the poor ' pope's back fin, and then throwing him into the water.
- Popes are caught whilst gudgeon-fishing with the red worm, but they are sometimes a great nuisance to the perch-fisher, as they take the minnow.
- The English call the Wheat-worm]] Kis, Pope , Bowde, Weevil and [[wibil, Wibil.
- At Winchester they call this Insect [the weevil], Pope , Black-bob]], or [[creeper, Creeper.
- Popes , weevils. Urry gives this as a Hampshire word, in his MS. adds. to Ray.
- The Pope : This is a very singular bird; it is about the size of our widgeon, or somewhat larger, but is not quite so large as the duck: the head is large and rounded; the eyes are small, and stand forward on the head, and lower down than in the generality of birds [...]
- "About a hundred yards further North" says Troutbeck, "is a 'subterraneous' cavern called the Pope's' Hole, about fifty fathoms under the ground, into which the sea flows, so called from a sort of bird which roosts in it by night, about ninety feet high above the level of the water."!! [...] It derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, ''vulgo'' "' popes ".
- The Norsemen catch great numbers of these popes , parrots, or lunder , as they are variously named, and train dogs to go into the holes where the puffin has its nest, lying in it with feet in the air.
- I was informed by a fisherman that there were now hundreds of gannets in the channel off Plymouth, and that he had also met with some puffins (which he called "popes ")
- The Pope is of a bright blue round the head; on the throat it is of a fine red, and on the back of a gold green colour, it sings very finely and is the size of a canary bird.
- The birds [of Louisiana] are the partridge, cardinal and pope , and a species of mocking bird, called the nightingale.
- [...] some others, such as the crow, the heron, and the wild goose, which are found in Europe, I also observed ; but the most beautiful are the pope'' bird, whose head seems bound with the most bright azure blue, and the ''cardinal , being entirely of dazzling scarlet [...]
- Pope', Nope]], Alp, Red-Hoop, and [[tony-hoop, Tony-Hoop, are all provincial appellations of... the common ' Bullfinch .
- Bullfinch... From Alp]], the old name for the bird used in Ray's time, the following seem to be derived:—Hoop, or Hope... Pope' ((Dorset)). Hope and [[mwope, Mwope are identical, as also ' Pope .
- Bullfinches are known as hoops in the (Westcountry), from their calls, and as mawps and popes .
- Red-backed shrike... Pope (Hants).
- From the sketch of the bird which you have sent us, there is no doubt about its being the Pope Grosbeak, which is a species of the Cardinal, but not the crested one.
- The Pope is a native of Brazil, and the female (it is altogether incongrouous to think of a lady pontiff) exactly resembles her mate.
- SIR,—I should be glad to learn how to treat Pope birds (Crestless Cardinals) when nesting.
- Besides the Bicheno's Finches in this Class, the judge disqualified, in other Classes, a pair of Magpie Mannikins and a pair of Popes . These entries were presumably all disqualified on the ground that they were not true pairs: they are all birds in which the outward differences between the sexes (if there be any outward difference at all) are of an extremely slight and uncertain nature.
- The wisest plan is always to keep the Pope Cardinal in an aviary, and to have only one pair to each aviary.
Usage notes
In English usage, originally and generally taken to refer to the bishop of Rome, although the Egyptian title is actually older. Within the Coptic church, the patriarch of Alexandria is normally styled Pope ~; within the Eastern Orthodox church, their separate patriarch of Alexandria is formally titled Pope of Alexandria but referred to as such only in the liturgy and official documents.Coordinate terms
* (adjective) papal * (office) papacy * (rival) antipope * (female) popess, papess * (supporter) papistSynonyms
* (Catholic) Bishop of Rome, Patriarch of Rome, Vicar of Christ * (Coptic) Bishop]] of Alexandria, [[patriarch, Patriarch of Alexandria * (Orthodox) Orthodox Bishop of Alexandria * (Pope Day) See Guy Fawkes Day. * See their respective entries .Derived terms
* antipope * black pope, Black Pope * does the Pope shit in the woods? * is the Pope Catholic? * pope-bulled * pope-burning * Pope catholic * pope-conjurer * pope-consecrated * Pope Day * popedom * pope-fly * Pope of Fools * pope-given * Pope's-hat * pope-horn * Pope John * Pope-king * Pope's Knight * pope's living room * pope's-milk * popemobile, Popemobile * Pope Night * pope's nose * pope pleasing * pope-powdered * pope-prompted * pope-rid * Pope-trumpery * pope worshipper * Red Pope * White PopeVerb
(pop)- Paul popith Jolyly]], that woll desire the worlde to pray for the [[king's, kinges apeyrement.
- , that now Popeth it .
- would pope it in his own way, God guiding him.
- I saw where the Pope poped and where the pigeons flocked. Pretty interesting if you're Catholic and like pigeons.
- I'm not going to ‘Pope ’ until after the war (if I'm alive).
- A prominent Anglican priest had, to use the term generally employed on these occasions, ‘Poped ’—that is, left the Church of England in order to become a Roman Catholic.
Etymology 2
By analogy with .Noun
(en noun)- When made with Burgundy]] or Bordeaux, the mixture was called Bishop; when with old Rhenish, its name was Cardinal; and when with [[tokay, Tokay, it was dignified with the title of Pope .
- Pope , a spiced drink made from tokay..., ginger, honey and roasted orange.
- Many of these hot drinks have clerical names—Bishop]] being a type of mulled port, Cardinal using claret, and Pope [[champagne, Champagne.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) , from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The other Ecclesiastical Orders are distinguish'd into Proto-popes', ' Popes , (or Priests) and Deacons.
- Every priest is called pope , which implies father.
- In the non-Roman rites diocesan priests are often referred to as popes .
Etymology 4
Noun
(en noun)- The Whipperwill has so named itself by its nocturnal songs. It is also called the pope', by reason of its darting with great swiftness, from the clouds almost to the ground, and bawling out ' Pope !
- Common Nighthawk... Pope (Conn[ecticut]. From the sound made by its wings while dropping through the air).
Anagrams
* ----bird
English
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From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (m), , of uncertain origin and relation.Noun
(en noun)- Ducks and sparrows are birds .
- The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
- He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
- The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.
- "Ah, he's a funny bird ," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
- And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
- The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.
- Mike went out with his bird last night.
- That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird .
- The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
Synonyms
* (man) chap, bloke, guy * (woman) broad, chick, dame, girl, lass * See also * See alsoHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush * adult bird * a funny bird * a gay old bird * Alberta's provincial bird * a little bird * a little bird told me * aquatic bird * a queer bird * band birds * beach birds * bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) * big bird * Big Bird * bird bath * birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea ) * birdbrain, bird brain * birdbrained, bird-brained * birdbrained person * birdcage * birdcage clock * birdcall, bird-call, bird call * birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation * birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator * birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher * birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching * bird-catching net * bird dealer, bird-dealer * bird-do * bird dog * bird-dog * bird-dogged * bird-dogging * bird-dogs * birder * bird eye * bird flu * birdfood, bird food * bird-foot * bird-footed dinosaur * bird hatch * bird hatching * bird-hipped * bird-hipped dinosaur * birdhouse, bird-house, bird house * birdie * birdied * birdieing * bird influenza * bird in the hand, bird in hand * birding * birdlet * bird life * birdlike, bird-like * birdlime * birdlimed * birdlimer * birdlimes * birdliming * bird louse * birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover * birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving * birdly * birdman * bird of freedom * bird of ill omen * bird of Jove * bird of Juno * bird of paradise * bird-of-paradise * Bird of Paradise * bird-of-paradise flower * bird of passage * bird of peace * bird of prey * bird pepper * birdseed * birdseller, bird-seller * bird's eye * bird's-eye map * bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum ) * bird's-eye maple wood veneer * bird's-eye primrose * bird's-eye speedwell * bird's-eye view * bird's-foot * bird's-foot trefoil * bird's-foot violet * bird shit * birdshot, bird shot * bird's mouth * bird's-nest orchid * bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup * birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together * birdsong * birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise * bird spider * bird's tooth * birdstore, bird store * birdstrike, bird strike * * bird table * birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher * birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching * birdwoman * birdy * clever bird * cock bird, cock-bird * dickeybird, dickybird * do bird * early bird * eat like a bird * European bird cherry * fine feathers make fine birds * frigate bird * for the birds * gamebird, game-bird, game bird * gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer * get the bird * give somebody the bird, give someone the bird * hen bird * hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird * kill two birds with one stone * like a bird * little bird * odd bird * old bird * rare bird * seabird * shorebird, shore bird * strange bird * the bird has flown, the bird is flown * the birds and the bees * the early bird catches the worm * waterbird, water birdSee also
* burd * chirp * squawk * tweet * * (wikipedia) * (commonslite) * (Aves)Verb
(en verb)- (Ben Jonson)
Etymology 2
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"Noun
(-)- He’s doing bird .
Synonyms
* (prison sentence) porridge, stretch, timeEtymology 3
Dated in the mid?18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a ”.Noun
- For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
- Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.