Crossword-Solution: PONTIFIC
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pontific | a. | Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests. |
| Pontific | a. | Of or pertaining to the pope; papal. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “PONTIFIC”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like a pope, old-style | 1 answer |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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Sentences with PONTIFIC (5)
Not with more glee, by hands Pontific crown'd, With scarlet hats wide-waving circled round, Rome in her Capitol saw Querno sit,[295] Throned on seven hills, the Antichrist of wit.
The tyrant from our shore, Like a forbidden demon, fled; And to eternal exile bore Pontific rage and vassal dread.
Though in the case of simple words ending in a double consonant the derivatives usually retain the double consonant, _pontific_ and _pontifical_ (from _pontiff_) are exceptions, and when three letters of the same kind would come together, one is usually dropped, as in _agreed_ (_agree_ plus _ed_), _illy_ (_ill_ plus _ly_), _belless,_ etc.
Then shall come in the faggot and the stake, And they of convert bodies bonfires make; Match shall this lioness with Cæsar's son, From the Pontific sea a pool shall run, That wide shall spread its waters, and to a flood In time shall grow, made red with martyrs' blood.
The laurel was even bestowed on QUERNO, whose character is given in the Dunciad:-- Not with more glee, by hands pontific crown'd, With scarlet hats wide-waving circled round, Rome in her capitol saw _Querno_ sit, Thron'd on seven hills, the Antichrist of wit.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2002).