PONTIFICAL
\pəntˈɪfɪkə͡l], \pəntˈɪfɪkəl], \p_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_k_əl]\
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proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
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denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
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puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
By Princeton University
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proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
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denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
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puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
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The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to a bishop, high priest, or pope; papal.
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The full dress worn by a priest or bishop.
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Pontifically.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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