pontifical

pontifical is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
3. noun. A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
4. noun. The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
5. noun. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
6. adjective. puffed up with vanity- Newsweek

   "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"

   "overblown oratory"

   Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous

7. adjective. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

   Synonyms: episcopal

8. adjective. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

   "papal dispensation"

   Synonyms: apostolic, apostolical, papal

Synonyms

grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous, episcopal, apostolic, apostolical, papal

Common word forms

pontificals, pontifically, pontificality

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