pontifex
Example Sentences
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The new pontifex maximus has much work ahead of him to wrangle the faithful into unity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025
If he sometimes sounds like a pontifex maximus, he generally talks neither down nor with false humility.
From Time Magazine Archive
D. N. J. C. in jam dictâ basilicâ B. Petri apostoli omnes interum congregati sunt, et tunc yenerabilis almificus pontifex xnanibus suis propriis pretiosissimâ coronâ coronavit eum.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
Sed compescuit tale consilium pontifex sperans conversionem principis.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
On the re-enactment of the Lex Domitia de sacerdotiis, Caesar was elected pontifex maximus.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
