Definitions for pontifical

Definitions for (noun) pontifical

Main entry: pontifical

Definition: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)


Definitions for (adj) pontifical

Main entry: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous, grandiloquent

Definition: puffed up with vanity

Usage: a grandiloquent and boastful manner; overblown oratory; a pompous speech; pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey- Newsweek


Main entry: episcopal, pontifical

Definition: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops


Main entry: papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical

Definition: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

Usage: papal dispensation


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