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pontifical

noun

1 pontifical

The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop).

adjective

1 pontifical

Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.

synonyms: apostolic, apostolical, papal.

Roget 995: ecclesiastical, ecclesiological; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, ... show more

Dutch: pauselijk
Polish: papieski

2 pontifical

Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.

synonym: episcopal.

Polish: biskupi

3 pontifical

Puffed up with vanity:
— Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey.

synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous.

Polish: bombastyczny, pompatyczny, szumny, górnolotny, namaszczony


Moby thesaurus: apostolic, arrogant, bigoted, bloated, bombastic, conceited, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogmatic, dogmatizing, flatulent, formal, gassy, grandiloquent, important, inflated, magisterial, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned ... show more.

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