The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pontifices
Pontifex \Pon"ti*fex\, n.; pl. Pontifices. [L.] A high priest; a pontiff.
Wiktionary
pontifices
n. (plural of pontifex English)
WordNet
pontifex
n. a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
[also: pontifices (pl)]
pontifices
See pontifex
Usage examples of "pontifices".
Petri hic humasset, nequaquam nos Romani pontifices sic subjugassent, (Agnellus, Liber Pontificalis, in Scriptores Rerum Ital.