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pontificial

pontificial adjective: papal; pontifical.

Adjective

pontificial (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) papal; pontifical
    • pontificial writers1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin of pontificial

From Latin pontificius.

Questions about pontificial

What does pontificial mean?
Pontificial means papal; pontifical.
What part of speech is pontificial?
Pontificial is an adjective.

Words near pontificial in the dictionary

  1. pontificator
  2. pontificators
  3. pontificatory
  4. pontifice
  5. pontifices
  6. pontificial
  7. pontificially
  8. pontifician
  9. pontificians
  10. pontificious
  11. pontified

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