
1) English surname 2) Priest 3) Scientific modeling
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1) Priest
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• (n.) A high priest; a pontiff.
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member of a council of priests in ancient Rome. The college, or collegium, of the pontifices was the most important Roman priesthood, being ... [4 related articles]
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In ancient Rome, a member of the college of pontifices, headed by the pontifex maximus (chief pontiff). The pontifices were not `ordained priests`, but they supervised the state religion and...
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Pon'ti·fex noun ;
plural Pontifices . [ Latin ] A high priest; a pontiff.
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[
n] - (ancient Rome) a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
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pontifex Etymology: from Latin pontifex, probably from pont-, stem of pons, 'bridge' plus -fex, -ficis, root of facere 'to make'. If so, the word originally meant 'bridge-maker', or 'path-maker'. Bridge-building has always been regarded as a pious work of divine inspiration, or the term may be metaphoric of bridging the earthly world and the realm ...
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noun a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
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