Pilate

(pī′lət)

Pilate, Pontius 1st cent. ; Rom. procurator of Judea, Samaria, & Idumaea (26?-36?) who condemned Jesus to be crucified

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Roman prefect of Judea who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.

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