pontiff 的定义
- any pontifex.
- any high or chief priest.
- Ecclesiastical. a bishop.the Roman Catholic pope, the Bishop of Rome.
pontiff 近义词
head of catholic church
更多pontiff例句
- Until this week, he had never been hospitalized in his years as pontiff, according to what is publicly known.
- In 2014, Francis said that Benedict — the first pope to step down in 700 years — had “opened a door” for other pontiffs to follow suit.
- The late pontiff is seen as a national hero in his homeland for supporting the pro-democracy movement that overthrew the communist government in 1989.
- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published it less than five months after the pontiff publicly endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples.
- But the current pontiff, for reasons one might fully understand, declined to meet the would-be papal assassin.
- The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.
- With more threats than ever on the Vatican, is the pontiff making a dangerous mistake?
- He was released in 2010, and now wants to meet Pope Francis when the pontiff visits Turkey next week.
- First, in his opening remarks yesterday, the pontiff towed a much more conservative line than his legion of new fans might expect.
- Leo II, pope, died; an able and resolute pontiff; established the kiss of peace at the mass, and the use of holy water.
- In the article on "China" it will be seen that the emperor is the chief pontiff, and that the worship is august and simple.
- Far and wide over that mighty throng the pontiff threw his voice, clear as a trumpet, yet musical and soulful.
- But the youth and inexperience of Riaro excused the enormity of a crime perpetrated under the sanction of the supreme pontiff.
- The new pontiff-king had effected many innovations in religious ceremonies.