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PONTIFEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pontifices   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pontifex" is a kind of...):

priest (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

Derivation:

pontificate (administer a pontifical office)

Credits