pontifice

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noun

Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

OriginLatin pontificem →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicBridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

    With joy / And tidings fraught, to Hell he now return'd, / And at the brink of Chaos, neer the foot / Of this new wondrous Pontifice, unhop't / Met who to meet him came, his Ofspring dear.

    1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature Ll2, recto, lines 345–349
  2. obsoletepontiff

Origin

  1. Latinpontificem
  2. Englishpontifice

From Latin pontificem, accusative singular of pontifex, from the noun pons, pontis (“a bridge”) + facere (“to make”). Compare pontiff.

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APA

pontifice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontifice

MLA

“pontifice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontifice. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pontifice,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontifice.

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