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Meaning of word pontifical from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

pontifical noun

Meaning : The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop).

pontifical adjective

Meaning : Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.

Example : Papal dispensation.

Synonyms : apostolic, apostolical, papal

Meaning : Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.

Synonyms : episcopal

Meaning : Puffed up with vanity.

Example : A grandiloquent and boastful manner.
Overblown oratory.
A pompous speech.
Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey.

Synonyms : grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous

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