1. pilate - Noun
2. pilate - Adjective
3. Pilate - Proper noun
the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
Source: WordNetThere are several points on which virtually all scholars of antiquity agree. Jesus was a Jewish man, known to be a preacher and teacher, who was crucified (a Roman form of execution) in Jerusalem during the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea. Bart D. Ehrman
Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. Ben Lindsey
Usual messages from the heads of the establishment. The Queen from Windsor, the Pope from Rome: Pilate and Caiaphas celebrating the birth of Christ. Joe Orton
Herod and Pilate are good friends! German Proverb
He got into this affair like Pilate into the Credo. Hungarian Proverb
Pilate was neither saved nor damned. Sicilian Proverb