grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
(adjective) puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweek
episcopal, pontifical
(adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
(adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; “papal dispensation”
pontifical
(noun) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)
Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
Splendid; magnificent.
Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
Of or relating to the building of bridges.
pontifical (plural pontificals)
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
The plural, pontificals, refers to "the vestments of a bishop".
Source: Wiktionary
Pon*tif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. pontificalis: cf. F. pontifical. See Pontiff.]
1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
2. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges. [R.] Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss. Milton.
Pon*tif"ic*al, n. Etym: [F.]
1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. South.
2. pl.
Definition: The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. "Dressed in full pontificals." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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