pontifical

Meanings

Plural: pontificals

Noun

• the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
• A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.

Adjective

• proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
• denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

Adjective Satellite

• puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek
  • "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

Adj

• Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
• Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
• Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
• Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
• Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
• Splendid; magnificent.
• Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
• Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.

Synonyms

apostolic, apostolical, episcopal, grandiloquent, overblown, papal, pompous, portentous

Anagrams of pontifical