pontifical

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I - noun

the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
• Hypernyms:
vestment

II - adjective

1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- papal dispensation
• Syn:
papal, apostolic, apostolical
• Pertains to noun:
pope, pope (for: apostolical), pope (for: apostolic), pope (for: papal)
• Derivationally related forms:
pontiff, pope (for: papal)
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
• Syn:
episcopal
• Pertains to noun:
bishop, bishop (for: episcopal)
• Derivationally related forms:
bishop (for: episcopal)
3. puffed up with vanity
- a grandiloquent and boastful manner
- overblown oratory
- a pompous speech
- "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
• Syn:
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
• Similar to:
pretentious
• Derivationally related forms:
pomp (for: pompous), pomposity (for: pompous), pompousness (for: pompous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous, episcopal, papal, apostolic, apostolical