Thesaurus: pontifical

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
3. n. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
4. n. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
5. adj. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
6. adj. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
7. adj. puffed up with vanity
8. n. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
9. 1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal. 2. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.] Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss. Milton. 1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. South. 2. pl. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. "Dressed in full pontificals." Sir W. Scott.
10. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. "Dressed in fullpontificals." Sir W. Scott.
11. j:100 n. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)