noun.
Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
noun.
The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
noun.
A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
noun.
A fish; the ruff.
noun.
a game at cards played on a round board with compartments.
noun.
the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.
noun.
the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.
noun.
to adhere more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.