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English and French : from Old French pontife ‘pontiff’, hence a nickname for someone who had played the role of the pope or a high priest in a medieval religious play, or for a vain or pompous person.
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n.
One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
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One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus.
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The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
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Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
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Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.
n.
Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
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The chief priest.
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The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
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Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope.
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The pope.
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A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
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The term of office of a pontiff.
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A high priest.
v. i.
To perform the duty of a pontiff.
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A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist.
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A high priest; a pontiff.