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Definition of Pontific
1. a. Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.
Definition of Pontific
1. Adjective. Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the pope; papal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pontific
1. pertaining to a pope or bishop [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pontific
Literary usage of Pontific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"Towards the end of this century coins of Popes, as sovereigns, were issued from
a pontific Roman mint, which is first mentioned in the acts of a Synod at ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions by James Chidester Egbert (1896)
"Augusto pontific. maximo patri patriae, aug., XV vir. sf, ... [C.] Caesari Augusti
f. divi nepot. pontific., cos. imperatori * 8 [L.~\ Caesari Augusti f. ..."
3. History of the Christian Church by Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1893)
"Muratori XI.; MARTINU.S, Polon.,continuatio pontific. Rom. in MGS., XXII. and the
vitas pontific. Horn, erroneously ascribed to ..."
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