pontifice

See also: pontífice

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pontifice

  1. Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pontifice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Noun

pontifice

  1. ablative singular of pontifex
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