Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game of cards played by any number of persons with a pack from which the eight of diamonds has been removed, on a board divided into eight compartments for holding the bets, which are won by the player who turns up or plays certain cards.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Pope Joan.
Examples
-
_ -- Can any information be procured as to the origin of the game called Pope Joan, and (what is of more importance) of the above title, whether any such personage ever held the keys of St Peter and wore the tiara?
-
"Pope Joan," Shadwell the comedy of the "Lancashire Witches," to expose to hatred and ridicule the religion of the successor to the crown.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Walter Scott 1801
-
To recommend these rigid measures, and to keep up that zealous hatred and terror of the catholic religion, which the plot had inspired, Settle wrote his forgotten tragedy of "Pope Joan," in which he revives the old fable of a female pope, and loads her with all the crimes of which
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07 John Dryden 1665
-
Michael Herbig's tyke adventure "Vicky the Viking" and Soenke Wortmann's medieval drama "Pope Joan," contributed aplenty to the year's box-office takings, which totalled $1.26 billion from Jan. 1 through Dec. 13, according to Nielsen EDI.
Variety.com 2009
-
She managed a faint smile as she watched them playing Pope Joan, but her appearance alarmed him.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
-
She managed a faint smile as she watched them playing Pope Joan, but her appearance alarmed him.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
-
She managed a faint smile as she watched them playing Pope Joan, but her appearance alarmed him.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
-
None of the stories of Pope Joan, although popularly accepted in the Middle Ages before the dawn of historical criticism, were intended to glamorize women or extol their talents or potential.
Archive 2009-02-01 elena maria vidal 2009
-
Modern people are as fascinated by the story of Pope Joan as were those in the middle ages and, like their medieval counterparts, do not really care if the story is true.
Archive 2009-02-01 elena maria vidal 2009
-
In the sixteenth century, Catholic scholars such as Panvinio, Baronius and St. Robert Bellarmine denied the historical authenticity of the story of Pope Joan, which was then being used by the Protestant reformers as an example that the Catholic Church was capable of error.
Archive 2009-02-01 elena maria vidal 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.