Meaning Of The Word Pontiff

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pontiff
countable noun: The Pontiff is the Pope.

pontiff in American English
pontifex
noun: any pontifex

pontiff in British English
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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