单词 | pontifex |
释义 | pontifex (once / 4545 pages) n WORD FAMILY pontifex: pontifexes, pontificate, pontifices+/pontificate: pontificated, pontificates, pontificating USAGE EXAMPLESPontifex also said that western policymakers had to “rethink their whole outlook” and acknowledge the pivotal role that religion plays in global politics. The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016) In the years that Waugh published eleven books—and other contemporaries were similarly productive—Green had been busy running Pontifex, and managed only “Party Going.” The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) And together we wrote a dirty little song called “The Pontifex Always Ranks Under a Queen.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) n a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome Hyper priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders |
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