Caiaphatnonce-wd. [f.Caiaphas, after pontificate, caliphate.] A high-priesthood like that of Caiaphas (seeJohn xi. 40, xviii. 14, 24). 1676Marvell Gen. CouncilsWks. 1875 IV. 152 What new power had the bishops acquired, whereby they turned every pontificate into a Caiaphat?