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adj
Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
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adj
Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
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adj
Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
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adj
Splendid; magnificent.
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adj
Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
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adj
Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.
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Usage: poetic
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noun
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
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adjective
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
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Synonyms: episcopal
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adjective
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: papal, apostolic, apostolical
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adjective satellite
puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
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Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
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noun
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
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Broader terms: vestment
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh1s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
Across languages
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