pontifex maximus
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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
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.
The Roman C�sar was pontifex maximus; and to be this was the summit of Frederic's ambition.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von
Numerous lighted lamps illuminated these ceremonies, after which the chief priest, the pontifex maximus, consecrated the area, and from that moment it became settled and immovable.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
