pope hat (plural pope hats)
- (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.