pontifical

Words with a similar base: pontifical

'pontifical'

[pontifical.n.01] as in: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

'pontifical'

[papal.a.01] as in: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

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Examples:
papal dispensation

'pontifical'

[episcopal.a.02] as in: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

'pontifical'

[grandiloquent.s.02] as in: puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek

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Examples:
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey