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Pontiff Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pontiff? [n] the head of the Roman Catholic Church Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pontiff: Holy Father \| pope \| Vicar of Christ Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pontiff: abuna \| antipope \| archbishop \| archdeacon \| archpriest \| bishop \| bishop coadjutor \| canon \| cardinal \| cardinal bishop \| cardinal deacon \| cardinal priest \| chaplain \| coadjutor \| curate \| dean \| diocesan \| ecclesiarch \| exarch \| Grand Penitentiary \| hierarch \| high priest \| Holy Father \| metropolitan \| papa \| patriarch \| penitentiary \| pope \| prebendary \| prelate \| primate \| rector \| rural dean \| subdean \| suffragan \| vicar See Also \| Achille Ratti \| Aeneas Silvius \| Albino Luciano \| Alexander VI \| Alfonso Borgia \| Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti \| Antonio Ghislieri \| Bartolomeo Prignano \| Borgia \| Calixtus III \| Catholic \| Enea Silvio Piccolomini \| Eugenio Pacelli \| Giovanni de Medici \| Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto \| Gregory \| Gregory I \| Gregory the Great \| Gregory VII \| Gregory XIII \| Hildebrand \| Innocent III \| John Paul I \| John Paul II \| Karol Wojtyla \| Leo I \| Leo III \| Leo the Great \| Leo X \| Lotario di Segni \| Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti \| Odo of Lagery \| papacy \| Pius II \| Pius V \| Pius VII \| Pius X \| Pius XI \| Pius XII \| pontificate \| Pope Alexander VI \| Rodrigo Borgia \| Saint Gregory I \| spiritual leader \| St Gregory I \| St Leo I \| Ugo Buoncompagni \| Urban II \| Urban VI Pontiff In Webster's Dictionary \Pon"tiff\, n. [F. pontife, L. pontifex, -ficis; pons, pontis, a bridge (perhaps originally, a way, path) + facere to make. Cf. {Pontoon}.] A high priest. Especially: (a) One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus. --Dr. W. Smith. (b) (Jewish Antiq.) The chief priest. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The pope.

Pontiff Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pontiff?

[n] the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pontiff: Holy Father | pope | Vicar of Christ

Pontiff In Webster's Dictionary

\Pon"tiff\, n. [F. pontife, L. pontifex, -ficis; pons,
pontis, a bridge (perhaps originally, a way, path) + facere
to make. Cf. {Pontoon}.]
A high priest. Especially:
(a) One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the
    supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the
    head of which was the Pontifex Maximus. --Dr. W. Smith.
(b) (Jewish Antiq.) The chief priest.
(c) (R. C. Ch.) The pope.

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