pontifices

[pon-tif-uh-seez]

noun

1. plural of pontifex.

Example Sentences

On the former date, the flamen Quirinalis, assisted by the vestals, offered sacrifice, and the pontifices presided at horse and chariot races in the circus.

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There were originally five pontifices, and the number was afterwards raised to fifteen.

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Besides decreeing, no doubt with the sanction of the pontifices, certain ordinary measures, the Senate referred the matter to the decemviri and the Sibylline 318books.

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I delivered a speech before the pontifices on the 29th of September.

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The master or superintendent of the pontifices was one of the most honorable offices in the commonwealth.

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