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pontiff
a former title of the pagan high priest at Rome, later used of popes and occasionally of other bishops, and now confined exclusively to the pope


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Some praised the new pontif maximus - Latin for supreme bridge builder - for his staunch conservatism.
PICKING UP THE CROSS NEW HOLY FATHER WELCOMED BY MANY ACROSS SOUTHLAND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
As the first non-Italian Pontif f for four centuries, the Cardinals who voted him into office 26 years ago obviously believed him to be a man of such charisma and energy that he was capable of shattering the Roman-moulded image of the Papacy fo r years to come.
Daily Post Comment: John Paul broke the Papal mould by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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