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Pontiff
| 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.
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