Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pontifex"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pontifex \Pon"ti*fex\, n.; pl. {Pontifices}. [L.]
A high priest; a pontiff.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pontifex
n : (ancient Rome) a member of the highest council of priests in
ancient Rome
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