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单词 pontifice
释义 I. ˈpontifice1 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. pontifex, -icem: see pontifex.]
= pontifex 1.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 441 You shall have this day your sonne to be chiefe Pontifice and high priest, or else banished from the citie of Rome.
II. ˈpontifice2 Obs. rare.
[f. L. pons, pont-bridge, after edifice: cf. L. pontificium office of a pontifex.]
The edifice of a bridge; a bridge. (Cf. pontifical a. 5.)
1667Milton P.L. x. 348 At the brink of Chaos, neer the foot Of this new wondrous Pontifice.
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