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Noun pontiff has 1 sense

• pontiff(n = noun.person) bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ - the head of the Roman Catholic Church; Array
is a member of papacy, pontificate
is a kind of spiritual leader, catholic
has particulars: antipope, alexander vi, borgia, pope alexander vi, rodrigo borgia, benedict xiv, prospero lambertini, benedict xv, giacomo della chiesa, benedetto caetani, boniface viii, calixtus ii, guy of burgundy, alfonso borgia, borgia, calixtus iii, clement vii, giulio de' medici, clement xi, giovanni francesco albani, clement xiv, lorenzo ganganelli, gregory, gregory i, gregory the great, saint gregory i, st. gregory i, gregory, gregory vii, hildebrand, angelo correr, gregory, gregory xii, gregory, gregory xiii, ugo buoncompagni, bartolomeo alberto capillari, gregory, gregory xvi, innocent iii, lotario di segni, giovanni battista cibo, innocent viii, benedetto odescalchi, innocent xi, antonio pignatelli, innocent xii, angelo guiseppe roncalli, john xxiii, albino luciano, john paul i, john paul ii, karol wojtyla, leo i, leo the great, st. leo i, leo iii, bruno, bruno of toul, leo ix, giovanni de'medici, leo x, gioacchino pecci, giovanni vincenzo pecci, leo xiii, martin v, oddone colonna, nicholas v, tomasso parentucelli, alessandro farnese, paul iii, giovanni battista montini, paul vi, aeneas silvius, enea silvio piccolomini, pius ii, antonio ghislieri, pius v, giannangelo braschi, giovanni angelo braschi, pius vi, barnaba chiaramonti, luigi barnaba gregorio chiaramonti, pius vii, giovanni maria mastai-ferretti, giovanni mastai-ferretti, pius ix, giuseppe melchiorre sarto, giuseppe sarto, pius x, achille ratti, ambrogio damiano achille ratti, pius xi, eugenio pacelli, pius xii, francesco della rovere, sixtus iv, gerbert, sylvester ii, odo, odo of lagery, otho, otho of lagery, urban ii, guillaume de grimoard, urban v, bartolomeo prignano, urban vi, maffeo barberini, urban viii
Derived form adjective pontifical₁

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pontiff

Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pope, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar

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Clergy

N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.

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