PONTIFF


Meaning of PONTIFF in English

/pon"tif/ , n.

1. any pontifex.

2. any high or chief priest.

3. Eccles.

a. a bishop.

b. the Roman Catholic pope, the Bishop of Rome.

[ 1600-10; earlier pontife pontifex PONTIFEX ]

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