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22 Etymology dictionary, p. annals (n.).2
… , the Pontifex Maximus each year would record public events on tablets called Annales Maximi, hence Latin historical works were called annales .
23 Etymology dictionary, p. confarreation (n.).3
In ancient Rome, the most solemn form of marriage, in which an offering of salted bread ( pannis farreus ) was made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus and 10 witnesses. It fell into general disuse early in the Empire.
24 Etymology dictionary, p. *dhe-.3
… ; pluperfect; pontifex; prefect; prima facie; proficient; profit; prosthesis; prothesis; purdah; putrefy; qualify; rarefy; recondite; rectify; refectory; sacrifice …
25 Etymology dictionary, p. pontifical (adj.).2
… ," from pontifex "high priest," also "bridge-builder" (see pontifex ). Hence pontificalia "trappings of a bishop." Earlier pontifical was used as a noun meaning "episcopal …
26 Etymology dictionary, p. pontificate (n.).2
early 15c., "tenure of a pope;" 1680s, "time during which a pontifical office is held by a particular incumbent," from Old French pontificat and directly from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex ).
27 Etymology dictionary, p. pontificate (v.).2
… a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff ). Especially "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" (1825). Meaning "to say (something) in a pompous …
28 Etymology dictionary, p. pontifex (n.).1
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29 Etymology dictionary, p. pontifex (n.).2
… Latin pontifex "high priest, chief of the priests," probably from pont-, stem of pons "bridge" (see pons ) + -fex "maker," from facere "to do, make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put …
30 Etymology dictionary, p. pontifex (n.).3
… English, pontifex is glossed in the Durham Ritual (Old Northumbrian dialect) as brycgwyrcende "bridge-maker."
31 Etymology dictionary, p. pontiff (n.).2
… Latin pontifex, title of a Roman high priest (see pontifex ). Used for "bishop" in Church Latin, but not recorded in that sense in English until 1670s, specifically …
32 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 1.52
… priest (pontifex maximus), so that he could manipulate even the will of the gods to his own purposes. His plans were equally great and beneficent. He saw the necessity …
33 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.48
… of pontifex maximus, prohibited bloody sacrifices, and dealt a severe blow to the old faith by withdrawing some of the treasury grants, thereby making it …
34 Replies to Elder Canright’s Attacks on Seventh-day Adventists, p. 129.6 (Uriah Smith)
4. Historians freely testify that at and after the time of issuing his Sunday decree, he was a worshiper of Apollo, the sun-god, and to the close of his life, about 337, retained the title of Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of the heathen hierarchy.
35 Replies to Elder Canright’s Attacks on Seventh-day Adventists, p. 130.10 (Uriah Smith)
… of Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of the heathen hierarchy. His coins bore on the one side the letters of the name of Christ, on the other side the figure of …
36 The Story of Daniel the Prophet, p. 208.3 (Stephen Nelson Haskell)
… the Pontifex Maximus, the pope of paganism, and he was a civil officer. The religious hierarchy, consisting of priests, augurs, vestals and Pontifex Maximus …
37 The Story of Daniel the Prophet, p. 289 (Stephen Nelson Haskell)
… 210 Pontifex Maximus, the highest religious officer in Rome 208 Poor and sick, provision for in returning to Jerusalem 124 Poor oppressed in Babylon 38 Pope …
38 The American Sentinel 4 August 14, 1889, page 228 paragraph 4
… as Pontifex Maximus of the old pagan system, Constantine “had the plenary power of appointing holy days;” they can find that by virtue of this power, Constantine …
39 The American Sentinel 6 July 16, 1891, page 218 paragraph 1
… of Pontifex Maximus, which in a little while would be merged in a religious dictator, otherwise a pope. So that, as a matter of fact, Sunday, as a “sacred” day, does …
40 The American Sentinel 7 January 7, 1892, page 2 paragraph 2
… himself Pontifex Maximus at once in full feather?