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PONTIUS PILATE
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• PONTIUS PILATE (noun)
The noun PONTIUS PILATE has 1 sense:
1. the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
Familiarity information: PONTIUS PILATE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Pilate; Pontius Pilate
Hypernyms ("Pontius Pilate" is a kind of...):
procurator ((ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes)
Context examples
Dead as Pontius Pilate, worshipful sir.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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