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pontifical
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) • Hypernyms: vestment
1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles - papal dispensation • Syn: papal, apostolic, apostolical • Pertains to noun: pope, pope (for: apostolical), pope (for: apostolic), pope (for: papal) • Derivationally related forms: pontiff, pope (for: papal) 2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops • Syn: episcopal • Pertains to noun: bishop, bishop (for: episcopal) • Derivationally related forms: bishop (for: episcopal) 3. puffed up with vanity - a grandiloquent and boastful manner - overblown oratory - a pompous speech - "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek • Syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous • Similar to: pretentious • Derivationally related forms: pomp (for: pompous), pomposity (for: pompous), pompousness (for: pompous)
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