PONTIFEX MAXIMUS

Meaning of PONTIFEX MAXIMUS in English

[ 'maksɪməs ]

■ noun

1》 (in ancient Rome) the head of the principal college of priests.

2》 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a title of the Pope.

Origin

Maximus , superlative of L. magnus 'great'.

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PONTIFEX MAXIMUS — Великий понтифик
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PONTIFEX — ( (Latin: "bridge builder"), ) plural Pontifices, member of a council of priests in ancient Rome. The college, or collegium, …
Britannica English vocabulary
PONTIFEX — noun (plural pontifices) see: find Date: circa 1580 a member of the council of priests in ancient Rome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PONTIFEX — Member of a council of priests in ancient Rome. The pontifices were responsible for administration of the jus divinum (laws …
Английский словарь Британика
MAXIMUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Maximus the Greek {{link=Planudes Maximus">Planudes Maximus
Английский словарь Британика
PONTIFEX — ˈpäntəˌfeks noun ( plural pon·tif·i·ces pän.ˈtifəˌsēz) Etymology: Latin — more at pontiff 1. : a member of the council of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAXIMUS — ˈmaksəməs adjective Etymology: Latin, greatest, largest : of or being a system of ringing changes on a set of twelve …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PONTIFEX — (n.) A high priest; a pontiff.
Английский словарь Webster
PONTIFEX — ( n. ) A high priest; a pontiff.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PONTIFEX — /pon"teuh feks'/ , n. , pl. pontifices /pon tif"euh seez'/ . Rom. Relig. a member of the Pontifical College, which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PONTIFEX — n. member of the supreme college of priests in ancient Rome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PONTIFEX — noun ( plural pon·tif·i·ces pän-ˈti-fə-ˌsēz) Etymology: Latin pontific-, pontifex, from pont-, pons bridge + facere to make — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PONTIFEX — noun a high priest; a pontiff.
Webster English vocab
PONTIFEX — [ 'pɒntɪfɛks ] ■ noun ( plural pontifices -'tɪfɪsi:z ) (in ancient Rome) a member of the principal college of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PONTIFEX — [pon.ti.fex] n, pl pon.tif.i.ces [L pontific-, pontifex, fr. pont-, pons bridge + facere to make--more at find, do] (ca. 1580): …
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PONTIFEX — pontifex, P~ BrE AmE ˈpɒnt ɪ feks -ə- AmE ˈpɑːn t̬ ə- ▷ pontifices, P~ pɒn ˈtɪf ə siːz -ɪ- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAXIMUS — Maximus, m\~ BrE AmE ˈmæks ɪm əs -əm-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PONTIFEX — n. (pl. pontifices) 1 = PONTIFF. 2 Rom. Antiq. a member of the principal college of priests in Rome. øPontifex …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PONTIFEX — n. (pl. pontifices) 1 = PONTIFF. 2 Rom. Antiq. a member of the principal college of priests in Rome. Pontifex …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PONTIFEX — n. (pl. pontifices) 1. PONTIFF. 2 Rom. Antiq. a member of the principal college of priests in Rome. Phrases and …
Oxford English vocab
PONTIFEX — n. Member of a council of priests in ancient Rome. The pontifices were responsible for administration of the jus divinum …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAXIMUS — Fabius Maximus Cunctator Quintus Maximus the Greek Planudes Maximus
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MAXIMUS — BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
MAXIMUS — старший (из трёх братьев - учащихся одной школы; ставится после фамилии, напр., Smith maximus или Smith max.; ср. (minimus); см. …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PONTIFEX — (древнеримское) понтифик римский папа (тж. sovereign *, supreme *) (книжное) мостостроитель
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PONTIFEX — n ( pl -fices) 1. др.-рим. понтифик 2. = pontiff 1 3. книжн. мостостроитель
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PONTIFEX — сущ.; мн. ч. -fices1) др.-рим. понтифик (член одной из важнейших жреческих коллегий) 2) а) римский папа б) епископ 3) книжн. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PONTIFEX — (n) мостостроитель; понтифик; римский папа
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PONTIFEX — n ( pl -fices) 1. др.-рим. понтифик 2. = pontiff 1 3. книжн. мостостроитель
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PONTIFEX — n ( pl -fices) 1. др.-рим. понтифик 2. = pontiff 1 3. книжн. мостостроитель
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PONTIFEX — сущ. ; мн. -fices 1) др.-рим. понтифик ( член одной из важнейших жреческих коллегий ) 2) а) римский папа б) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PONTIFEX — сущ.; мн. -fices 1) др.-рим. понтифик (член одной из важнейших жреческих коллегий) 2) а) римский папа б) епископ 3) книжн. мостостроитель
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MAXIMUS — старший (из трёх братьев - учащихся одной школы; ставится после фамилии, напр., Smith maximus или Smith max.; ср. minimus; см. …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
PONTIFEX — (древнеримское) понтифик римский папа (тж. sovereign *, supreme *) (книжное) мостостроитель
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLANUDES, MAXIMUS — orig. Manuel Planudes born 1260, Nicomedia, Byzantine Empire died с 1310, Constantinople Greek Orthodox scholar, anthologist, and polemicist. He established …
Английский словарь Британика
FABIUS MAXIMUS — /fay"bee euhs mak"seuh meuhs/ , ( Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ) (" Cunctator ") 275-203 B.C., Roman statesman and general: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FABIUS MAXIMUS — n. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (275-203 B.C.), Roman general and statesman who won the battle against Hannibal in the Second …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VALERIUS MAXIMUS — flourished AD 20 Roman historian and moralist who wrote an important book of historical anecdotes for the use of rhetoricians. …
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PUPIENUS MAXIMUS — born 164 died 238, Rome in full Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Roman coemperor with Balbinus for a few months of …
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MAXIMUS, PETRONIUS — born 396 died May 31, 455, Rome Western Roman emperor from March 17 to May 31, 455. He was not …
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MAXIMUS, MAGNUS — died Aug. 28, 388 usurping Roman emperor who ruled Britain, Gaul, and Spain from AD 383 to 388. A Spaniard …
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MAXIMUS THE GREEK — born 1480, rta, Greece died 1556, near Moscow also called Maximus The Hagiorite Greek Orthodox monk, Humanist scholar, and linguist, …
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MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR, SAINT — born c. 580, , Constantinople died Aug. 13, 662, Lazica the most important Byzantine theologian of the 7th century, whose …
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LEPIDUS, MARCUS AEMILIUS — died 152 BC Roman statesman who held the highest offices of the republic. As ambassador to Greece, Syria, and Egypt …
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PONTIFICATE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pontificatus, from pontific-, pontifex Date: 15th century the state, office, or term of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PONTIFICAL — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~e, from neuter of ~is Date: 14th century episcopal attire, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRATIAN — Latin in full Flavius Gratianus Augustus born 359, Sirmium, Pannonia died Aug. 25, 383, Lugdunum, Lugdunensis Roman emperor (r. 367–83). …
Английский словарь Британика
ELEPHANT — I Any of three ungulate species in the order Proboscidea (family Elephantidae), characterized by their large size, long trunk, tusks, …
Английский словарь Британика
PONTIFICAL — I. (ˈ)pän.|tifə̇kəl, -fēk- adjective Etymology: Latin pontificalis, from pontific-, pontifex pontifex + -alis -al 1. a. : of or relating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FABIAN
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MAXIM — ˈmaksə̇m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English maxime, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin maxima, from Latin, feminine of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PONTIFF — /pon"tif/ , n. 1. any pontifex. 2. any high or chief priest. 3. Eccles. a. a bishop. b. the Roman …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — — elephantoid , adj. /el"euh feuhnt/ , n. , pl. elephants , ( esp. collectively ) elephant for 1. 1. …
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PROBOSCIDEAN — Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). African elephant (Loxodonta africana). (order Proboscidea), member of a mammalian order that contains the largest living …
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HOGFISH — any of certain species of fishes in the wrasse family, Labridae (order Perciformes). Although representatives of the family are found …
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GLUTEUS MUSCLE — any of the large, fleshy muscles of the buttocks, stretching from the back portion of the pelvic girdle (hipbone) down …
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ELEPHANT — Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). African elephant (Loxodonta africana). either of two species, Elephas maximus, the Indian elephant, and Loxodonta africana, …
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VALENTINIAN II — born 371, Treveri, Belgica died May 15, 392, Vienna [modern Vienne], Viennensis Latin in full Flavius Valentinianus Roman emperor from …
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SCAEVOLA, QUINTUS MUCIUS — also called Augur died 88 BC prominent Roman jurist. He was the cousin of Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, who founded …
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PRISCILLIAN — born c. 340, , Spain died 385, Trier, Belgica, Gaul [now in Germany] early Christian bishop who was the first …
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BALBINUS, DECIMUS CAELIUS CALVINUS — died 238 Roman emperor in 238. A patrician, Balbinus was a Salian priest, twice a consul, and proconsul in Asia. …
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ГИГАНТСКАЯ АКУЛА — 1) (Cetorhinus maximus) homer 2) (Cetorhinus) basking shark 3) (Cetorhinus maximus) great basking shark 4) (Cetorhinus maximus) oil shark
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