Usually means: Leader of the Catholic Church.
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  1. pontiff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  10. pontiff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. pontiff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pontiff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pontiff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  18. pontiff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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noun:  (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
noun:  A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
noun:  (figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
noun:  A surname transferred from the nickname.

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