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PONTIFEX
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Irregular inflected form: pontifices
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
Classified under:
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)
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