pontifical.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to a pontiff. Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff. Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
Pompous, dignified or dogmatic.
Splendid; magnificent.
Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome.
Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Italic *ponts Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Proto-Italic *pontifaks Latin pontifex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin pontificālislbor. English pontifical Learned borrowing from Latin pontificālis.
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