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pontifical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apostolic, apostolical, papal |
| Derivation | pontiff |
pontifical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous |
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey.
pontifical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | episcopal |
pontifical::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | vestment |
Examples of pontifical
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The Council for Legislative Texts is one of 11 pontifical councils in the Curia.
From the stltoday.com
By the late Republican era, the flamines were supervised by the pontifical collegia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In principle, the augural and pontifical colleges were now open to plebians.
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Usually pontifical or episcopal insignia, tools of martyrdom, and so forth.
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Those with closer ties to the Holy See are called pontifical universities.
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Their 60-page wine list is regarded by oenophiles as a document of pontifical splendour.
From the independent.co.uk
A special pontifical commission agonized over the subject for five years.
From the time.com
The result was a dark parody of the pontifical way in which the networks package disaster.
From the time.com
Indeed, it did not begin to appear in the pontifical yearbook until 1863.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Papal: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
- The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
- Episcopal: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
- Grandiloquent: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- The Roman Pontifical or Pontifical, also referred to in Latin as the Pontificale or Pontificale Romanum, is the Roman Catholic liturgical book that contains the rites performed by bishops.
- Book containing the text of services which had to be performed by a bishop
- Liturgical manual containing episcopal offices (ordination, consecration of the church, confirmation, etc.)
- Anything to do with the Pope
