pontifical

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
2. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
3. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
4. Splendid; magnificent.
5. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
6. (poetic) Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.

Noun

A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.

Concepts

pontifical

épiscopal

pompeux

papal

apostolique

emphatique

pontificio

Synonymes

papal

grandiloquent

pompous

apostolic

apostolical

episcopal

overblown

portentous

ecclesiastical

hieratic

hifalutin

high-flown

magniloquent

orotund

hieratical

diocesan

bombastic

popish

priestlike

priestly

purple

sacerdotal

sententious

tumid

turgid

Episcopal

episcopalian

flamboyant

Traductions

pontificaal

priesterlich

episcopale

vescovile

pontificio

gururlu

pontificio

papale

episcopal

pontificale

episcopal

pontifical

αρχιερατικός

altisonant

päpstlich

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.