Definitionn. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Last update: July 18, 2015
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The pontiff died yesterday. [Please select]
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A ferocious letter from the pope to the papal nuncios, on the 19th of March 1423, denounced the proceeding as calculated " to ensnare simple souls and extort from them a profane reward, thereby setting up themselves against the apostolic see and the Roman pontiff, to whom alone so great a faculty has been granted by God " (Cal. [Please select]
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"Towards the Temple," the pontiff replied. [Please select]
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The pontiff, with all his pride, was afraid. [Please select]
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Monday, the distinguished evangelist, the best-known Protestant pontiff in America, had once been a prize-fighter. [Please select]
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Sovereign pontiff, legislator, and judge in all sacred matters, he dispensed justice[27] in all criminal affairs which concerned the Republic. [Please select]
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The Senate, preceded by the sovereign pontiff, Scipio Nasica, repaired to the Capitol. [Please select]
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An extraordinary sacrifice was wanted for his tomb: the pontiff Q. [Please select]
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Metellus Pius, sovereign pontiff, dying in 691, the most illustrious citizens, such as P. [Please select]
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[63] “The grand pontiff exercises the functions of interpreter and diviner, or rather of hierophant. [Please select]
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He now became the interpreter of his own decrees,--an arch-pontiff ruling by divine right. [Please select]
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