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Noun: Pilate  pI-lut
  1. The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
    - Pontius Pilate

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Derived forms: Pilates

Type of: procurator

Encyclopedia: Pilate, Nord