Emperor vs. Pope — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Emperor and Pope
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Emperor
An emperor (from Latin: imperator, via Old French: empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother (empress dowager), or a woman who rules in her own right (empress regnant).
Pope
The pope (Latin: papa, from Greek: πάππας, romanized: pappas, "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (Pontifex maximus), the Roman pontiff (Romanus Pontifex) or the Sovereign Pontiff (Summus Pontifex), is the bishop of Rome, head of the worldwide Catholic Church and head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State. According to Catholics, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, giving him the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the church would be built.
Emperor
A sovereign ruler of an empire
He is regarded as one of the greatest Roman emperors
He became emperor in 1930
Pope
Often Pope Roman Catholic Church The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Emperor
An orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.
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Pope
Eastern Orthodox Church The patriarch of Alexandria.
Emperor
The male ruler of an empire.
Pope
The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
Emperor
The emperor butterfly.
Pope
The male head of some non-Christian religions
The Taoist pope.
Emperor
The emperor moth.
Pope
A person considered to have unquestioned authority
The pope of surrealism.
Emperor
The emperor penguin.
Pope
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
Emperor
The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
Pope
Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority.
Emperor
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
Pope
(by extension) Any similar head of a religion.
Emperor
(political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
Pope
(uncommon) A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses.
Emperor
(tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
Pope
(UK) An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times.
Emperor
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
Pope
Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
Emperor
Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
Pope
(Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
Emperor
(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
Pope
(Eastern Orthodoxy) An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
Emperor
(entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
Pope
Any bishop of the early Christian church.
Emperor
An emperor penguin.
Pope
(Britain) The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
Emperor
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; - a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
Pope
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
Emperor
The male ruler of an empire
Pope
The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
Emperor
Red table grape of California
Pope
(rare) The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
Emperor
Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
Pope
(alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
Emperor
Large richly colored butterfly
Pope
(Russian Orthodoxy) pop, a Russian Orthodox priest.
Pope
Whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).
Pope
Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
Pope
To act as or like a pope.
Pope
To convert to Roman Catholicism.
Pope
Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
Pope
The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
Pope
A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
Pope
A fish; the ruff.
Pope
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope
English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
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