pāvests

Etymology
Borrowed from (compare 🇨🇬), from an earlier  (with an intrusive final t), borrowed from, also borrowed from  (in use for the bishop of Rome since the 5th century), itself borrowed from  (< “father”). In Latvian, this loanword is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

Noun

 * 1) Pope the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Vatican City State