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PILATE
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• PILATE (noun)
The noun PILATE has 1 sense:
1. the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
Familiarity information: 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 ("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)
“Nay, nay,” cried Alleyne, “this was a holy man who had journeyed to Jerusalem, and acquired a dropsy by running from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It ill becomes me to prate too much of what I have endured for the faith, and yet, since you have observed it, I must tell you that this thickness and roundness of the waist is caused by a dropsy brought on by over-haste in journeying from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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