pontifex

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The new pontifex maximus has much work ahead of him to wrangle the faithful into unity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025

If he sometimes sounds like a pontifex maximus, he generally talks neither down nor with false humility.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no question but that he left successors to the office of pontifex maximus, and that they continued the native religious ceremonies.

From Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Crassus accordingly proceeded to Asia, although in doing so he violated the rule which forbade the pontifex maximus to leave Italy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Under the republic and emperors the pontifex maximus was the supreme religious dignitary.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.