pontifex

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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

M. Æmilius Lepidus, master of the horse, 185; pontifex maximus, 186; in Second Triumvirate, 188–189; deposed, 192.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Besides, in his talk he was lord and more—sultan, pontifex maximus.

From Oscar Wilde An Idler's Impression by Saltus, Edgar

There is no question but that he left successors to the office of pontifex maximus, and that they continued the native religious ceremonies.

From Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Brinton, Daniel Garrison