dispope

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ pope.

Verb

dispope (third-person singular simple present dispopes, present participle dispoping, simple past and past participle dispoped)

1. To reject or eject as a pope; to depose from popedom.

   Synonym: unpope

   • 1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 76:

     Tut, tut, I have absolved thee: dost thou scorn me, / Because I had my Canterbury pallium / From one whom they dispoped?

References

• “dispope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• epipods