pope hat

English

Alternative forms

• pope-hat
• popehat

Noun

pope hat (plural pope hats)

1. (informal) The mitre worn by popes.
   • 2002, Ken Gilland, Quaternary Alluvium:

     A picture of the good professor with a pope hat on came up, to some polite laughter.

   • 2002, Christopher Morrill, The Good, the Bad, and the Undead:

     Which reminds me; put on the Pope-Hat.

   • 2003, Richie Unterberger, Eight Miles High:

     I'm wearing a full-dress Nazi uniform with a swastika on the sleeve, and Gary Hirsh was wearing a pope outfit with a real pope hat.

   • 2004, David White, Lake of Fire:

     She was dressed in purple and had the Pope hat and everything.