pontifical

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

pontifical

pontificaal

épiscopal

pontifical

vescovile

episcopal

papale

pompeux

papal

episcopale

pontificio

pontificale

priesterlich

episcopal

pontificio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.