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Pontifices

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

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pontifices

n. (plural of pontifex English)

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pontifex
  1. n. a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

  2. [also: pontifices (pl)]

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Usage examples of "pontifices".

Petri hic humasset, nequaquam nos Romani pontifices sic subjugassent, (Agnellus, Liber Pontificalis, in Scriptores Rerum Ital.