pontifical
/pɑntˈɪfʌkʌl/
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Definitions
Adjective
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
Adjective
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Adjective Satellite
puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
Noun
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)