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Meaning of pontifical


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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)


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