Associations to the word «Pontifical»
Noun
- Studying
- Communion
- Bulletin
- Minor
- Chancery
- Reparation
- Synod
- Xv
- Divinity
- Confessor
- Drafting
- Patriarch
- Foley
- Pune
- Propagation
- Bologna
- Doctrine
- Paolo
- Pantheon
- Repository
- Coronation
- Opus
- Pastor
- Ecuador
- Vita
- Alfonso
- Bangalore
- Martini
- Missionary
- Conception
- Chancellor
- Governorate
- John
- Italy
- Dayton
- Degree
- Thomas
- Martyr
- Armenian
- Century
- Secretary
- Procession
- Francis
- Koch
- Blessing
- Approval
- Believer
- Schism
- Interpretation
- President
- Bari
- Palazzo
- Luigi
- Altar
- Sandal
- Roma
- Santa
- Regis
- Marcos
- Javier
- St
- Va
- Uni
- Cathedral
- Mandate
- Alumnus
- Law
- Directory
- Earning
- Lecturer
- Pietro
Adjective
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.
Wise words
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