PONTIFF

Pontiff

A pontiff was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs. The term "pontiff" was later applied to any high or chief priest and, in Christian ecclesiastical usage, to a bishop and more particularly to the Bishop of Rome, the Pope or "Roman Pontiff".

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pontiff

Noun

  1. A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
  2. Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
  3. A pontifex.


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