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美:[ˈpɑntɪf]
英:[ˈpɒntɪf]
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pon·tiff
pan tihf
复数:pontiffs
词根:pontiff
adj.pontifical 罗马教宗的;主教的
n.pontificate 教皇的职位
pontifical 主教仪典书;主教祭服及徽章
vi.pontificate 执行教皇职务;武断地表示意见
noun
the Pope.
a bishop.
a member of the highest college of priests in ancient Rome.
大约1600年,“高级祭司”,源自法语 pontif(16世纪初),源自拉丁语 pontifex,罗马高级祭司的头衔(见 pontifex)。在教会拉丁语中用于“主教”,但在英语中直到1670年代才记录下这个意义,特指“罗马的主教”,即教皇。然而, Pontifical 自15世纪中期起就用于指代教皇。
French pontif, from Latin pontific-, pontifex
The first known use of pontiff was in 1552
poochnoun
dog entry 1 sense 1a
ponytailnoun
a hairstyle in which the hair is pulled together and banded usually at the back of the head so as to resemble the tail of a pony
ponynoun
a small horseespecially: a horse of any of several breeds of very small compact animals
a word-for-word translation of a foreign language text
pontoonnoun
a flat-bottomed boat
a float used in building a floating bridge
a float of an airplane
pontificate1 of 2noun
the office or term of office of a pontiff
pontificate2 of 2verb
to speak pompously
pontificate1 of 2noun
the office or term of office of a pontiff
pontificate2 of 2verb
to speak pompously
pontificate1 of 2noun
the office or term of office of a pontiff
pontificate2 of 2verb
to speak pompously
pontiffnoun
bishop sense 1especially, often capitalized: pope
1 The Pontiff celebrated mass in Mexico City.
教皇在墨西哥城主持了弥撒。
2 The pontiff also made specific mention of conflicts in Sri Lanka and in Sudan's Darfur region.
教宗特别提到斯里兰卡和苏丹达尔富尔地区的冲突.
3 Numerically, at least, the pope has increased the chances that the next pontiff will be a conservative European but there have been surprises in past conclaves.
4 Firstly, they point to the existence of a wooden chair with a hole in the base, the sella stercoraria, which it is claimed was used during papal investiture ceremonies to ensure potential pontiffs were male.
5 The security guard was working the door at the premiere party, and right away, my man saw the connection between the pontiff and Lucious Lyon, patriarch of the show’s hip-hop dynasty.
6 The Pontiff also urged dialogue and brotherhood between faiths.
他同时呼吁加快不同信仰间的对话和兄弟情谊。
7 Then there's the normally sedate Nanni Moretti, whose curiously titled "We Have a Pope" looks at the relationship between a recently elected pontiff and his therapist.
8 A more closely kept secret than the identity of the new pontiff is what actually happens to audience members at the show.
9 “I did two state bids for drugs,” or about five years total, he said in advance of meeting the pontiff, sitting in a classroom at Curran-Fromhold, the largest of Philadelphia’s six prisons.
10 Will a charcoal remedy rescue the stricken pontiff?
11 Even so, the “after” shot proved indelible, perhaps even to the pontiff himself.
12 The cardinal was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and his reputation was very much that of a hard-liner: the clenched fist behind a charismatic pontiff.
13 The prospect of a one-on-one with the pontiff had unnerved him, but not for long.
14 The Vatican says Pope Benedict will resign at the end of February - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
梵蒂冈消息,罗马教皇本笃十六世将于2月底辞去教皇职务——他是600年来首位自己辞去职位的教皇。
15 The pontiff spoke this morning before thousands at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.
教宗今天上午发言的数千名前在纽约的圣帕特里克大教堂。
16 “It is hard to believe that the papal court, especially under a Spanish pontiff, would have remained in the dark about what Columbus saw when he arrived at the ends of the earth.”
17 Instead, he will be remembered as a victim of circumstances and of fragmented, competing factions, as a pontiff plagued by scandals, mistakes and gaffes.
18 In the case of a papal death, the camerlengo is the person who officially confirms it, traditionally by tapping the pontiff's head three times with a silver hammer and calling out his name.
19 There are few opportunities to see the pontiff during his visit to New York City, where the pope is addressing the U.N.
20 In a message delivered Wednesday via Vatican Radio, the new pontiff distinguished himself with a call for tolerance and a message of support – and even admiration – toward nonbelievers.