"pontifical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more pontifical [comparative], most pontifical [superlative]
Etymology: Latin pontificālis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pontificālis}} Latin pontificālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} pontifical (comparative more pontifical, superlative most pontifical)
  1. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
    Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-BPGaSKxk
  2. Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
    Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-m86ix8Tr
  3. Pompous, dignified or dogmatic. Translations (pompous, dignified or dogmatic): mahtava (Finnish), mahtipontinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-HDmXQ~Xe Disambiguation of 'pompous, dignified or dogmatic': 0 0 98 1 0 0
  4. Splendid; magnificent.
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-hM3Ur4nD
  5. Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-ZYOtktiG
  6. (chiefly poetic) Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-adj-en:bridge
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pontifical cell Translations (of or pertaining to a pontiff): папски (papski) (Bulgarian), pontificaal (Dutch), paavillinen (Finnish), pontifical (French), főpapi (Hungarian), pontificio [masculine] (Italian), ard-saggyrtagh (Manx)
Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a pontiff': 49 49 0 0 2 0

Noun

Forms: pontificals [plural]
Etymology: Latin pontificālis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pontificālis}} Latin pontificālis Head templates: {{en-noun}} pontifical (plural pontificals)
  1. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
    Sense id: en-pontifical-en-noun-J9Rdm0jh

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