Definition of Pontifice. Meaning of Pontifice. Synonyms of Pontifice

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Definition of Pontifice

Pontifice
Pontifice Pon"ti*fice, n. [L. pons, pontis, a bridge + facere to make. Cf. Pontiff.] Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge. [R.] --Milton.

Meaning of Pontifice from wikipedia

- Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ("For Church and Pope" in Latin) is a decoration of the Holy See. It is currently conferred for distinguished service to the...
- priests in ancient Rome, the most illustrious of which was that of the pontifices. The others were those of the augures, the quindecimviri sacris faciundis...
- However, it was always understood in its symbolic sense as well: the pontifices were the ones who smoothed the "bridge" between gods and men. The interpretation...
- of the College of Cardinals, celebrating the proper M**** Pro Eligendo Pontifice ("For the Election of the Pontiff") in St. Peter's Basilica at 10 a.m...
- fallecimiento de Joseph Ratzinger, Papa Emérito Benedicto XVI y Sumo Pontífice de la Santa Iglesia Romana de 2005 a 2013. Nuestra sinceras condolencias...
- Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (CAPP) (it: Fondazione Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice) is a pontifical foundation. Pope John Paul II established the...
- Maria Fernanda Pontífice de Jesus Bonfim (born 1955) is a São Toméan academic and politician. She was one of the first group of female members of the...
- religion. The college consisted of the pontifex maximus and the other pontifices, the rex sacrorum, the fifteen flamens, and the Vestals. The College of...
- detinuerat, ****que eo omnes presbyteri ac diaconi cardinales de eligendo Pontifice, et in commune communiter, et singulariter singuli pertractare coeperunt...
- Basilica in the morning to concelebrate the M**** Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice ("For the Election of the Roman Pontiff"). As the dean of the College...