nonce-wd. [f. Caiaphas, after pontificate, caliphate.] A high-priesthood like that of Caiaphas (see John xi. 49, xviii. 14, 24).
1676. Marvell, Gen. Councils, Wks. 1875, IV. 152. What new power had the bishops acquired, whereby they turned every pontificate into a Caiaphat?
