Pontifical - Definition
pontifical
adj 1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the
papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal
dispensation" [syn: papal, apostolic, apostolical,
pontifical]
2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
[syn: episcopal, pontifical]
3: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner";
"overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific
gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn:
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical,
portentous]
n 1: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a
bishop)