pontifices

pontifices is a Latin form of pontifex, meaning “high priest, pontiff (pontifex maximus, chief priest of Rome)”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun.

Found 115 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 2.26: … mpilius et auspiciis maioribus inventis ad pristinum numerum duo augures addidit et sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit et animos propositis legibus his, quas in monumentis habemus, ardentis consuetudine et cupi …

Lucan, Civil War 1.595: Pontifices, sacri quibus est permissa potestas.

All forms of pontifex (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.