armed with a dart
(armed with a spear), Pontius. Pontius Pilate was the sixth Roman procurator of Judea, and under him...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Probably connected with the Roman family of the Pontii, and called "Pilate" from the Latin pileatus,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
See Pilate, Pontius. ...
A pawnbroker. Pontius Pilate's guards, the first regiment of foot, or Royal Scots: so intitled from ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
[Pilate] ...