Associations to the word «Pontifical»
Noun
- Decree
- Forerunner
- Commission
- Vocation
- Academy
- Theologian
- Rico
- Council
- Archdiocese
- Sant
- Jesuit
- Le
- Clergy
- Urban
- Benedictine
- Xi
- Toronto
- Knighthood
- Ignacio
- Scripture
- Internationale
- Specialization
- Rosary
- Faithful
- Dissertation
- Clement
- Episcopal
- Puerto
- Holiness
- Diplomacy
- Throne
- Title
- Deacon
- Propaganda
- Peru
- Liber
- Ix
- Spirituality
- Maximus
- Vicar
- Vi
- Requiem
- Rio
- Ii
- Robe
- Regina
- Diploma
- Diocese
- Bachelor
- Galileo
- Columbus
- Eucharist
- Catholic
- Paulo
- Santiago
- Franciscan
- Dominican
- Session
- Saint
- Pax
- Thesis
- Yearbook
- Domenico
- Prayer
- Delegate
- Leo
- Divine
- Archaeology
- Convent
- Mater
- Revision
- Salvatore
- Royal
- Chaplain
- Gregory
- Cleric
- Lima
- Religious
- Spiritual
- Abbot
- Ceremony
- Avignon
- Cassidy
- Friar
Wiktionary
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Of or relating to the building of bridges.
PONTIFICAL, noun. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
Dictionary definition
PONTIFICAL, noun. The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop).
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation".
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.
PONTIFICAL, adjective. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.
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