Usually means: Leader of the Catholic Church.
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  1. pontiff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  10. pontiff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  16. Pontiff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  18. pontiff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pontiff)

▸ noun:  (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
▸ noun:  A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
▸ noun:  A surname transferred from the nickname.

Similar:
pope, vicar of Christ, Holy Father, pontifex, fetial, prothonotariat, papist, patrician, patriarch, patritian, more...

Opposite:
layperson, commoner, non-clergy

Types:
Pope, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, more...

Phrases:
supreme pontiff, sovereign pontiff, involving the pontiff, concerning the pontiff, more...

Adjectives:
roman, sovereign, supreme, new, chief, present, holy, aged, venerable, late, haughty

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Similar:
pope, vicar of Christ, Holy Father, pontifex, fetial, prothonotariat, papist, patrician, patriarch, patritian, more...

Opposite:
layperson, commoner, non-clergy

Types:
Pope, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, more...

Phrases:
supreme pontiff, sovereign pontiff, involving the pontiff, concerning the pontiff, more...

Adjectives:
roman, sovereign, supreme, new, chief, present, holy, aged, venerable, late, haughty

Colors:
    white,     gold,     purple,     red,     green, more...



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