pontiffs in Germany

pontiffs [pɔntifs] Hoheprieste

Sentence patterns related to "pontiffs"

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1. The pontiffs, the urban cohorts, the lictors'guild.

2. At 16, he was elected to the College of Pontiffs that supervised religious worship.

3. Since then Rome was adorned with dozens of monumental fountains celebrating the pontiffs munificence, often flanked by drinking troughs and public basins for practical uses.

4. Eck is the Blustering, intrepid champion of the school,—Aleander the proud ambassador of the arrogant court of the pontiffs

5. Eck is the Blustering, intrepid champion of the school,—Aleander the proud ambassador of the arrogant court of the pontiffs

6. Collegiality is the relationship between colleagues.Colleague is taken to mean a fellow member of the same profession, a group of colleagues united in a common purpose, and used in proper names, such as Electoral College, College of Cardinals, and College of Pontiffs.

7. Ceremony (n.) late 14c., cerymonye, "a religious observance, a solemn rite," from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred Ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome.