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单词 pontifex
释义 pontifex
 /pon"teuh feks'/,  n.  ,  pl.   pontifices /pon tif"euh seez'/. Rom. Relig.
 a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus).
 [1570-80; < L: appar. lit., path-maker, equiv. to ponti- (s. of pons) bridge, prob. orig., path (see PONS) + -fec- (comb. form of facere to make) + -s nom. sing. ending; the literal application is unclear]
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