pilate
IPA: pˈaɪɫʌt
Root Word: Pilate
noun
- (biblical) Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.
adjective
- Resembling hair; minutely clavate.
Advertisement
Examples of "pilate" in Sentences
- "Yes; know velly much allee 'bout pilate," he said.
- "Yes, tell Mr Leardon watchee watchee, killee allee pilate."
- "And pilate say be off, or he come in boat and cuttee off my head."
- Get in big sampan junk, pilate man no sabby jolly sailor boy come along.
- "You ask Mr Blooke he likee Ching sit where pilate see him 'gain?" he said.
- Later in the life of Jesus he pleads with Pontious pilate to spare the life of this man.
- March 8, 2008 at 9:01 am taht remins me of teh Far Side kartune wher one pilate turns to teh otur san sez..
- During his trial Jesus told pilate that his "kingdom is not of this world for if it was His servants would have stopped those trying to arrest him".
- THE MESSIAH IS A ROBOT?!?!?!?! crap now im thinking of pilate in that scene from i-robot sitting in front of the roman senate yelling “I DID NOT MURDER HIM” mel gibson should do that movie. yes he should.
- He warns that there are no bridges in Narragansett; he urges him to bring a mounted servant with an axe to "cut bows in the way," "to bring a good pilate that knows the cart ways," to be sure to keep the coachman sober, to have axle and hubs prepared for rough usage -- and in every way discourages so rash an endeavor.
Advertisement
Advertisement