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1 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CALENDS.1 (Noah Webster)
… , the pontifex proclaimed the several feasts or holidays in the month; a custom which was discontinued in the year of Rom 450, when the fasti or calendar was …
2 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PONTIFF.1 (Noah Webster)
PONTIFF, n. [L. pontifex; said to be from pons, a bridge, and facio, to make.] A high priest. The Romans had a college of pontifs; the Jews had their pontifs; and in modern times, the pope is called pontif or sovereign pontif.
3 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 33.3 (John Foxe)
… inscription: Pontifex, Coligny necem probat, i.e., ‘The pope approves of Coligny’s death.’
4 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 398.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… . 88. “Pontifex secreto, veluti rem quam magni faceret, mihi proposuit conditionem hujusmodi Concedi posse vestrae Majestati ut duas uxores habeat.” (Original …
5 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 400.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… England.Romanus Pontifex non habet a Deo in sacra scriptura concessam sibi majorem auctoritatem ac jurisdictionem in hoc regno Angliae quam quivis …
6 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 766.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… existens Pontifex futurorum bonorum.” ( Hebrews 9:11 .) Then describing Jesus Christ, Latimer represented him as the “true and perfect pattern unto all other …