pontifical

adj.

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pontiff.
2. Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.

n.

1. pontificals The vestments and insignia of a bishop.
2. A book of forms for ceremonies performed by a bishop.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pontificālis, of a pontifex, from pontifex, pontific-, pontifex. See pontifex.]

pontifically pon·tif'i·cal·ly adv.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: puffed up with vanity
  Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ypperstepræstelig, biskoppelig, pavelig, pompøs, docerende
n. - pontifikale

Nederlands (Dutch)
pauselijk, autoritair, plechtig, gewichtig, pompeus, pauselijk gewaad

Français (French)
adj. - (Relig) pontifical, pontifiant (péj)
n. - pontificat

Deutsch (German)
adj. - päpstlich, bischöflich, dogmatisch
n. - Pontificale Romanum (kath. Formelbuch für bischöfl. Amtshandlungen)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (θρησκ.) ποντιφικός, παπικός, πομπώδης

Italiano (Italian)
pontificio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pontifício

Русский (Russian)
епископский, папский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pontificio, pontifical
n. - pontifical, edicto papal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - påvlig, påve-, värdig, docerande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
罗马教宗的, 高僧的, 主教的, 主教祭服及徽章, 主教仪典书

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 羅馬教宗的, 高僧的, 主教的
n. - 主教祭服及徽章, 主教儀典書

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 로마교황의, 오만한
n. - 주교의 제의 및 휘장, 주교용 전례서

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 教皇の, 司教の, 権威主義的な
n. - 祭服

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أسقفي, بابوي, حبري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אפיפיורי, של האפיפיור, מתנשא, סמכותי, נוהג כאפיפיור‬
n. - ‮ספר של הכנסיה המערבית המכיל מנהגים שעל האפיפיור או הבישופים לקיימם, מדים וסמלים של כמרים בדרגות גבוהות‬

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