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Webster 1913 Edition
Pontifical
1.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest;
as,
; hence, belonging to the pope; papal. pontifical
authority2.
Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
[R.]
Now had they brought the work by wondrous art
Over the vexed abyss.
Pontifical
, a ridge of pendent rockOver the vexed abyss.
Milton.
Pon-tif′ic-al
,Noun.
[F.]
1.
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
South.
2.
pl.
The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
“Dressed in full pontificals.” Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pontifical
PONTIF'ICAL
,Adj.
1.
Splendid; magnificent.2.
Bridge-building. [Not used.]PONTIF'ICAL
,Noun.
1.
The dress and ornaments of a priest or bishop.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
pontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)
- Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
- Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
- Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
- Of or relating to the building of bridges.
- Milton
- Now had they brought the work by wondrous art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock / Over the vexed abyss.
- Milton
Derived terms
- pontifical cell
Translations
Of or pertaining to a pontiff
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Pompous, dignified or dogmatic
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Noun
pontifical (plural pontificals)
- A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
- 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae: texts and ordines for the coronation of Frankish and French kings and queens in the Middle Ages, page 30:
- Both ordines are related to an ordo in a pontifical in Reims, the Ordo of 1200 (Ordo XIX). The latter was to be consulted again and again, and its formulas were to have a marked effect upon the French ceremony; […]
- 2001, Leon F. Strieder, The Promise of Obedience: A Ritual History, page 32:
- William Durandus, bishop of Mende in the south of France, compiled a pontifical in three books. William never intended his work to be a universal pontifical, but its clarity of arrangement and quality of substance, along with […]
- 1995, Richard A. Jackson, Ordines coronationis Franciae: texts and ordines for the coronation of Frankish and French kings and queens in the Middle Ages, page 30:
Usage notes
The plural, pontificals, refers to "the vestments of a bishop".
French
Adjective
pontifical m (feminine singular pontificale, masculine plural pontificaux, feminine plural pontificales)