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Pontifical College

American  

noun

  1. the chief body of priests in ancient Rome.


Pontifical College British  

noun

  1. a major theological college under the direct control of the Roman Curia

  2. the council of priests, being the chief hieratic body of the Church

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After completing his religious training at St. Joseph Seminary in Louisiana and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio, he was ordained in 1961.

From Washington Post Dec. 20, 2017

Already, on our trip, we had attended a homily by the Pope, shared a mass in a crypt beneath St Peter's, and been hosted to lunch by the Pontifical College.

From BBC May 2, 2015

He went on to become rector of Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, Ohio.

From Chicago Tribune Nov. 15, 2014

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York returned on Tuesday to his alma mater, the North American Pontifical College in Rome, a few days before he was to be made cardinal at the Vatican.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2012

The abdicating noble had to be adopted into a plebeian family, and the consent was required of the consuls and of the Pontifical College.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

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