Hyphenation of pontifex

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pontifex? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pon-tif-ex

Definitions of pontifex:

1.	A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome

Synonyms of pontifex:

noun	priest

Last hyphenations of this language

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