pontifical
/pɑntˈɪfəkəl/ · 4 syllables
Meaning
adjective
- proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
“papal dispensation” - denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
- puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
noun
- the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
Synonyms for pontifical
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