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† pontiˈfician, a. and n. Obs.
[f. L. pontifici-us (see pontificial) + -an.]
A. adj.
1. = pontificial a. 1.
1645Bp. Hall Peacemaker xii. 103 The Pontifician Lawes. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 397 The Pontifician Power, which is a kinde of revived Image of the Pagan Imperial Power of Rome. a1709Atkyns Parl. & Pol. Tracts (1734) 280 There was an Endeavour to bring in part of the Pontifician Law.
2. = pontificial a. 2.
1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 78 Moderate men, either of the Pontifician or Protestant side. 1664H. More Exp. 7 Epist. vi. 84 The Albigenses, which were martyred in the Field by the Pontifician Forces. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. ix. (1882) 67 The scholastic definition of the Supreme Being..was received in the schools of Theology, both by the Pontifician and the Reformed divines.
3. = pontificial a. 3.
1629H. Burton Babel no Bethel 100 Shee..is all for outward glory, Pontifician honour, splendour and magnificence.
B. n. = pontificial B. 1.
1614T. Adams in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. i. 2 The pontificians beat off the common people..by objecting this supposed difficulty: Oh, the Scriptures are hard to be understood. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 513 He was..a severe enemy to the Pontificians. |