"pontifical" in the noun sense
1. pontifical
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
"pontifical" in the adjective sense
1. papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
"papal dispensation"
2. episcopal, pontifical
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
3. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
puffed up with vanity
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
"overblown oratory"
"a pompous speech"
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
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