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What is "pontifical" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does pontifical mean in English? Meaning of pontifical definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "pontifical" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "pontifical": the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

Noun

  • Meaning: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
  • Synonyms: pontifical
  • Hypernyms: vestment

    • Meaning of "pontifical": proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

    Adjective

  • Meaning: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
  • Example: papal dispensation
  • Synonyms: apostolic apostolical papal pontifical

    • Meaning of "pontifical": denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

    Adjective

  • Meaning: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
  • Synonyms: episcopal pontifical

    • Meaning of "pontifical": puffed up with vanity

    Adjective

  • Meaning: puffed up with vanity
  • Example: a grandiloquent and boastful manner overblown oratory a pompous speech pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
  • Synonyms: grandiloquent overblown pompous pontifical portentous
  • Similar: pretentious
  • Adjective: Of or pertaining to a pontiff. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.Of or relating to the building of bridges. Milton Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.Milton Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.

    • Synonyms:

    papal, arrogant, dogmatic, overbearing, pompous, pretentious, puffy,

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