pontius pilate

1. 1.

   the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)

   SynonymsPilate

   Broaderprocurator

Questions about pontius pilate

What does pontius pilate mean?

pontius pilate means "the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)".

What is another word for pontius pilate?

Close synonyms include Pilate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pontius pilate a common word?

pontius pilate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.