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Pontiff

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Noun

1. bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ

the head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Pontiff

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noun
a former title of the pagan high priest at Rome, later used of popes and occasionally of other bishops, and now confined exclusively to the pope

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Pontiff

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noun
1. 
pontifex
2. 
a. 
a bishop
b.  [P-]
the pope
: in full Supreme Pontiff
3. 
a high priest

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pontiff

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n.
1.
a. The pope.
b. A bishop.
2. A pontifex.

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