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   pontifical

   /pɒnˈtɪfɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) relating to the pontiff or Pope: "a pontifical commission"
   • 2. characterized by a pompous air of infallibility: "such explanations were greeted with pontifical disdain"

   noun

   • 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) an office book of the Western Church containing rites to be performed by the Pope or bishops.
   • ▪ the vestments and insignia of a bishop, cardinal, or abbot: "a bishop in full pontificals"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin pontificalis, from pontifex (see pontifex).

   Derivatives

   • 1. pontifically adverb

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