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pontifices
[ pon-tif-uh-seez ]
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On the former date, the flamen Quirinalis, assisted by the vestals, offered sacrifice, and the pontifices presided at horse and chariot races in the circus.
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There were originally five pontifices, and the number was afterwards raised to fifteen.
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Besides decreeing, no doubt with the sanction of the pontifices, certain ordinary measures, the Senate referred the matter to the decemviri and the Sibylline 318books.
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I delivered a speech before the pontifices on the 29th of September.
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The master or superintendent of the pontifices was one of the most honorable offices in the commonwealth.
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