Pontifical (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.

Classification

Relational adjectives (pertainyms).

Synonyms

• Episcopal

Related Words

• Bishop (noun)

Meaning ²

Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation".

Classification

Relational adjectives (pertainyms).

Synonyms

• Apostolic
• Apostolical
• Papal

Related Words

• Pontiff (noun)
• Pope (noun)

Meaning ³

Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Overblown
• Grandiloquent
• Portentous
• Pompous