# Father Gassalasca Jape — The Devil’s Dictionary character guide

> Father Gassalasca Jape in The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Father Jape, the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape

**First appearance:** 0001-the-devil-s-dictionary

## Who they are

A clergyman character appearing in definitions.

## In the story

### [Author's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/author-s-preface)

Chief among the eminent poets quoted; his lines bear his initials and he provided kindly encouragement and assistance to the author.

### [The Devil's Dictionary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/the-devil-s-dictionary)

Contributes quotations and is referenced as the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape.

### [A](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/a)

Quoted in the definition of 'Admonition' and 'Anoint' as the author of 'Judibras'.

### [B](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/b)

Credited as the author of the poem under 'Beggar' and the lines under 'Baptism'.

### [C](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/c)

Quoted in the definition of 'Cross' with a poem about the White Cross.

### [E](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/e)

Quoted in the definition of 'Epitaph' with a humorous epitaph for Parson Platt.

### [G](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/g)

Referenced in the definition of 'Gallows' through a quoted old play.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/i)

Credited as the author of the verse in the 'Infralapsarian' entry.

### [J](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/j)

Referenced indirectly as the source of the poem about the widow-queen of Portugal and her jester.

### [O](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/o)

Referenced in the definition of 'Oath' as the author of a quoted verse.

### [P](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/p)

Attributed as the source of the quotation in the definition of 'Pig' and 'Piety' from 'Judibras'.

### [R](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/r)

Referenced indirectly as the source of a quotation in the definition of 'Righteousness' (Bishop Rowley).

### [T](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/t)

Cited as a high authority on the derivation of 'Tedium'.

### [U](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/u)

Referenced as the source of the verse under 'Urbanity.'

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