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Detailed Synonyms for pontifical in English

pontifical:

pontifical adj

  1. pontifical
  2. pontifical
    – puffed up with vanity 1
    pompous; pontifical; grandiloquent; portentous; overblown
    – puffed up with vanity 1
  3. pontifical
    – denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops 1
    pontifical; episcopal
    – denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops 1
  4. pontifical
    – proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles 1
    papal; pontifical; apostolical; apostolic
    – proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles 1

pontifical [the ~] noun

  1. the pontifical
    – the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) 1
    the pontifical
    – the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) 1

Related Words for "pontifical":

  • pontifically

Alternate Synonyms for "pontifical":


Related Definitions for "pontifical":

  1. puffed up with vanity1
    • pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey1
  2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops1
  3. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles1
  4. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)1