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

Augustus was made pontifex maximus, and it was only one step farther to elevate the chief magistrate to the rank of a god.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

And yet the Roman Emperor bore the title of pontifex maximus!

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von

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.