The ceremony required the presence of an augur and a pontifex to hold it. |
Mr pontifex was not the man to trouble himself much about his motives. |
Upon his return to Rome, he was both elected tribunus militium and given the title of pontifex. |
It took their priesthood, their pontifex, their pontiff, and gave it a whole new meaning, a whole new level. |
Mommsen's account of the pontifex Maximus should be consulted, Hist. |
The second part, at least, was addressed to Caesar as pontifex maximus. |