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Definition of Pontifex

Pontifex
Pontifex Pon"ti*fex, n.; pl. Pontifices. [L.] A high priest; a pontiff.

Meaning of Pontifex from wikipedia

- A pontiff (from Latin pontifex) was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College...
- The pontifex maximus (Latin for "supreme pontiff") was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontifi****) in ancient Rome. This was...
- For people bearing the modern surname Pontifex, see Pontifex (surname). Pontifex may also refer to: Pontifex (project), the Planning Of Non-specific...
- Pontifex is used in modern times as a surname. This family has been traced to John Pontifex, of West Wycombe, Bucks, and his wife Alice. John left a will...
- The Way of All Flesh (originally titled Ernest Pontifex or the Way of All Flesh) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era...
- Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis). He is also commonly called the supreme pontiff or the sovereign pontiff (Latin: summus pontifex). Pontifex Maximus...
- highest-ranking priests of the state religion. The college consisted of the pontifex maximus and the other pontifices, the rex sacrorum, the fifteen flamens...
- Valentine Pontifex is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1983. Valentine Pontifex is a novel in which the Metamorphs try to drive people from their...
- Alfred Pontifex (17 March 1842 – 25 August 1930) was an English first-class cricketer who made a single appearance for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club...
- The pontifex maximus was the chief priest of the ancient Roman religion, and head of the Collegium Pontifi**** ("College of Pontiffs"). According to legend...