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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
pontifex
 
SYLLABICATION:pon·ti·fex
PRONUNCIATION:  pnt-fks
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. pon·tif·i·ces (  pn-tf-sz)
A man on the highest council of priests in ancient Rome.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin. See pent- in Appendix I.
 
 
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