pontifical

Adjective
  1. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles (synset 302890942)
    "papal dispensation"
    same as: apostolic, apostolical, papal
  2. Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops (synset 302731793)
    same as: episcopal
  3. Puffed up with vanity (synset 301855888)
    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
    similar to: pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
    same as: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous
Noun
  1. The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) (synset 103987698)
    is a type of: vestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

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