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Definisjon av pontiff

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Noun
pontiff - the head of the Roman Catholic Church
pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome
spiritual leader a leader in religious or sacred affairs
catholic a member of a Catholic church
papacy, pontificate the government of the Roman Catholic Church
antipope someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism"
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= relatert ord

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Substantiv
pontiff - A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.

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  • A pontiff was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the principal college of priests. The term "pontiff" was later applied to any high or chief priest and, in ecclesiastical usage, to a bishop and more particularly to the Bishop of Rome, the Pope or "Roman Pontiff".

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