definition
(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
definition
(Coptic Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
definition
(Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
definition
(Christianity, historical, obsolete) Any bishop of the early Christian church.
definition
(British) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
definition
(UK regional, Cumberland, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
definition
(US regional) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
definition
(rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).