pontiff

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English - Turkish
baş rahip
{i} başpiskopos
özellikle papa
{i} başrahip
{i} papa
{i} dini lider
piskopos/papa
{i} piskopos
{i} ruhani lider
pontiffs
Pontifler
supreme pontiff
Papa
English - English
The Pope
A pontifex
A bishop
{n} a chief priest, a high priest, the pope
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
{i} Pope, head of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome
One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus
The chief priest
The Pontiff is the Pope. The Pontiff celebrated mass in Mexico City. = Pope. the Pope (pontif, from pontifex , probably from pons + facere )
A high priest
Roman pontiff
{i} the Pope
a pontiff
pontifical
pontiffs
plural of pontiff
pontiff

    Hyphenation

    pon·tiff

    Turkish pronunciation

    päntıf

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpäntəf/ /ˈpɑːntəf/

    Etymology

    () Latin pontifex pons (“bridge”) + faciō (“build, make”). This may be a folk etymology, an attempt by the Romans to explain an impenetrable borrowing from a non-Indo-European language (such as Etruscan).
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