Citations:Pope

head of the Roman Catholic church

 * 1674, George Hickes, Letters sent from beyond the Seas, 27:
 * [The Gazet] of England came full charged with the News of Burning the Pope in Effigie at London.

effigy of the head of that church

 * 1713, J. Arbuthnot, Invitation to Peace, 7:
 * It shall also be permitted to the said Jacob to assist at the Buying, Dressing, and burning the Pope.

mention (not a use)

 * 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven, second edition:
 * Pope, a long pole, to which an effigy of the Pope was attached and burnt on the 5th of Nov.