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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pontiff

/pän'-təf/ · Pon·tiff · IPA /ˈpɒntɪf/

01 n. A high priest.

[F. pontife, L. pontifex, -ficis; pons, pontis, a bridge (perhaps originally, a way, path) + facere to make. Cf. Pontoon.]

1.
A high priest.(Jewish Antiq.)

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