pontifical English

Meaning pontifical meaning

What does pontifical mean?

pontifical

— noun the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

— adjective (= episcopal) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

— adjective (= papal) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles papal dispensation

— adjective (= grandiloquent, overblown, pompous) puffed up with vanity a grandiloquent and boastful manner overblown oratory a pompous speech pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey — Newsweek

Synonyms pontifical synonyms

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papal

pompous

grandiloquent

portentous

overblown

episcopal

apostolical

apostolic

turgid

tumid

sententious

sacerdotal

purple

priestly

priestlike

popish

orotund

magniloquent

high-flown

hifalutin

hieratical

hieratic

flamboyant

episcopalian

ecclesiastical

diocesan

bombastic

Episcopal