We don't have synonyms for pontiffs yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are pontiff, pontifex and pontific.
(n) :
A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
(n) :
(figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
(n) :
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
(n) :
A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
(n) :
(figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
(n) :
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.