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Definition of Pontifex
1. Noun. A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome.
Generic synonyms: Priest
Category relationships: Antiquity
Derivative terms: Pontificate
Definition of Pontifex
1. n. A high priest; a pontiff.
Definition of Pontifex
1. an ancient Roman priest [n -FICES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pontifex
Literary usage of Pontifex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Candidates Defeated in Roman Elections: Some Ancient Roman "Also-Rans" by Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton (1991)
"CANDIDATES FOR THE PRIESTLY COLLEGES AND FOR pontifex MAXIMUS From early times the
... 'See LR Taylor, "The Election of the pontifex Maximus in the Late ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"pontifex ; a priest, who served no particular divinity. Under Numa, who regulated
the sacred rites of the Romans, there was only one pontifex. ..."
3. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1892)
"He had never donned the pontifical robe, nor had he ever, since he assumed the
reins of power, allowed himself to be described as pontifex ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"'s styled " pontifex pontificum apostolicae sedis." But in the year 1000 we find
the archbishop of Aries designated as " pontifex summus " (Ducange, sv), ..."
5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"He had never donned the pontifical robe, nor had he ever, since he assumed the
reins of power, allowed himself to be described as pontifex ..."
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