pontifices
[ pon-tif-uh-seez ]
noun
plural of pontifex.
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How to use pontifices in a sentence
Like the pontifices, the augurs also had their books, libri augurales.
The pontifices were a college of priests, that superintended the affairs of religion and worship on behalf of the government.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinRomani pontifices apostolicam bibliothecam magno studio amplificant atque illustrant.
The Care of Books | John Willis Clark(1, 74) quotes this statement of Polybius with the remark that it is founded on a single tablet in the custody of the pontifices.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | PolybiusThere were originally five pontifices, and the number was afterwards raised to fifteen.
History of Religion | Allan Menzies
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