Meaning

2 senses
  1. A female pope.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:popess.

  2. A high priestess.

Origin

From pope + -ess.

From pope + -ess.

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Forms

plural: popesses
Singularpopess
Pluralpopesses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
female pope:papesspapissa

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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