Definitions for pontifical
Overview of noun pontifical
The noun pontifical has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. pontifical
(the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop))
Overview of adj pontifical
The adj pontifical has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
(proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation")
2. episcopal, pontifical
(denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops)
3. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
(puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek)
