Definitions for pontifical

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pontifical pon·tif·i·cal

Spelling: [pon-tif-i-kuh l]

IPA: /pɒnˈtɪf ɪ kəl/

Pontifical is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 587 anagrams from letters in pontifical (acfiilnopt).

Definitions for pontifical

noun

1. (in the Western Church) a book containing the forms for the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies to be performed by bishops.
2. pontificals, the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff, especially a bishop.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
2. pompous, dogmatic, or pretentious:

Origin of pontifical

1350-1400; Middle English Latin pontificālis, equivalent to pontific- (stem of pontifex) pontifex + -ālis -al¹

Examples for pontifical

But a railway the subjects of the pontifical Government cannot have.

Everything about him became, as it were, pontifical, almost sacramental.

After the cardinal audience and a celebratory lunch, the pope will prepare to leave the pontifical apartments.

Kicking off the weeklong celebrations, the pope seemed to welcome the security challenge as part and parcel of pontifical work.

Bishop Sánchez is the chancellor of the pontifical Academy of Sciences.

There was much of the pontifical in me, for I was a rapt radical.

German Hans Zollner leads the Centre for Child Protection at the Institute of Psychology of the pontifical Gregorian University.

Claude assumed the majestic and pontifical attitude of a Samuel.

I offer a friend a bottle of '44 claret, fit for a pontifical supper.

As a young seminarian, he studied in Washington, D.C., and at the pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.