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▪ 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. |