pontifical
adjective
1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Similar word(s): apostolic, apostolical, papal
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Similar word(s): episcopal
3. puffed up with vanity
- pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
Similar word(s): pretentious, grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
noun
1. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
Definition categories: man–made, vestment